Crustaceans

Aquaculture’s technology spotlight tends to focus on offshore cages, satellites, AI sensors and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) for major finfish species – but this narrative overlooks aquatech’s ability to revolutionise small-scale production and safe…

A series of recent trials suggests that the European spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas), may be well suited to aquaculture for restocking dwindling wild stocks and, potentially, for growing to market size.

Shrimp farming veteran Victoria Alday Sanz, who is also editor of the newly-published second volume of The shrimp book, explains why her original deserved a follow-up.

Suzan Shahrestani, CEO of Baltimore-based growth company Minnowtech, wants to use sonar to help shrimp farmers optimise their process – and has developed a tool that will let shrimp farmers leverage their biomass data to become more sustainable and efficient.

The Blue Impact Fund aims to raise up to £75 million to catalyse the growth of truly sustainable aquaculture in the UK – with a focus on projects including the production of seaweed, bivalves and land-based shrimp.

Investors looking to support sustainable marine aquaculture and the blue economy need accurate ocean data to make evidence-based decisions and de-risk their financial offerings – but a lack of reliable data might be curtailing their efforts.

OpsSmart's Sharmeen Khan is keen to bring blockchain traceability to the aquaculture sector – giving seafood producers and consumers a tech solution that allows end-to-end visibility and transparency.