Welcome, dear readers, to the first of The Fish Site’s new generation of newsletters. Whether or not you agree that it’s slicker than an eel-skin raincoat, we hope you appreciate the new format – one that’s more visually engaging and brings the best of our recent content to the fore.

This week we’ve highlighted a hat-trick of compelling articles, including a breeding programme that’s significantly improving shrimp survival in the face of WSSV exposure; a tilapia farmer who’s come up with an affordable and failsafe way to improve both farm management and fish sales; and a new platform that’s helping Ecuador’s shrimp farmers emerge from the country’s Covid-19-induced cashflow crisis. We hope you enjoy the new layout and that this finds you all with some grounds for optimism as we approach the tail end of a tumultuous year.