Shrimp

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.

Sailesh Chudasama believes that biofloc production – of species including shrimp, tilapia and catfish – can create well-paid jobs and improve food security, both in Ghana and beyond.

Satellite intelligence can help the shrimp farming industry reach renewable energy, mangrove restoration and carbon capture targets.

Anyone doubting the positive impact that academia can have on the development of the aquaculture industry should look at the example of Can Tho University in Vietnam – an institution that has been central to the meteoric rise of the country’s aquaculture secto…