People & planet

This year has been a varied one for Regal Springs. However, there have still been plenty of positives for the flagship multinational tilapia producer, according to Laurent Develle and Vernon Bradley – respectively, the group’s head of corporate affairs and hea…

After an eventful recent past – which included two years stuck in Myanmar due to Covid-19 restrictions and then spending time as a refugee in Vietnam, where his former student, Loc Tran, managed to secure him a temporary visa after the coup in Myanmar – Prof K…

Aquaculture advocate Jennifer Bushman is the co-founder of Fed by Blue and executive producer of Hope in the in Water – a four-part docuseries about the future of blue foods that’s due to be broadcast in early 2024.

The co-founder of Aqua-Spark* feels that, despite the challenging financial climate, 2022 has been a pivotal year for attracting investor interest to the sector and 2023 will see momentum continue to grow.

Following a challenging year, shrimp farmers should not be too pessimistic about 2023 – as long as they don’t leave themselves overexposed, argues Willem van der Pijl, managing director of the Global Shrimp Forum.

The recent COP27 meeting reinforced that the salmon sector must be more responsible if it is to become a flagship for sustainable blue food production. Following our panel session in the first food-focused pavilion at COP, it was clear to see that there is som…

The environmental impacts of aquaculture are often in the spotlight. The need for sustainable practices is now firmly embedded in the minds of the public, governments and industry – but this sometimes presents trade-offs in fish welfare.

How Latin American aquaculture operators are being impacted by rising costs and what can be done to adjust to the new normal.

The Russian aquaculture sector is facing the deepest crisis in its modern history, as the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the ever tightening sanctions on Russia has led to a shortage of fish feed, juveniles and equipment.