People & planet

As BioMara kicks off its bid to raise £2 million to fund its processing scale-up to deliver orders for customers, Jay Dignan details how the Scottish startup aims to catalyse the growth of the country’s seaweed sector – right along the value chain.

A new study suggests that an enzyme sourced from bacterial fermentation and a humic substance extracted from peat moss can both help to improve the health of farmed catfish, offering hope of an affordable means for reducing columnaris disease.

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is slowly being transformed by groundwater extraction, overpopulation, pollution and climate change. Unsolved, this will dramatically reduce Vietnam’s aquaculture output and pose a serious threat to local and regional food security.

We’re all too familiar with the scandals that have tainted the seafood sector. But, traceability systems can swiftly address issues such as seafood fraud and forced labour, along with solutions that can help eradicate those practices. Mark Kaplan, the co-found…

While there are still a number of challenges to overcome, a number of innovators in the Philippines believe that cultivating Ulva has long term potential at a time when diversification of the country’s seaweed sector would be welcomed.

Aquaponics facilities are generally more profitable than the recirculation aquaculture systems (RASs) that have sprung up in the US in the past decades.