The use of aquaculture-derived waste products to grow secondary crops – such as used in biofloc systems or aquaponics – can increase profits by more than 20 percent, as some of the leading proponents of this field explain.
Based on interviews with some of the earliest developers and adopters of biofloc, including Djames Lim from Singapore (CEO of the Lim Shrimp Organization), Khoo Eng Wah from Malaysia (managing director of Sepang Today Aquaculture Centre), Barkah Tri Basuki fro…
Seeing the opportunities in commercial fish farming, investors and government representatives from Sierra Leone have been learning about best practice from friends and colleagues in Ghana – and are ready to transform the sector at home.
The hyper-intensive production of tropical species might be a hard sell in the US, but a handful of companies have developed systems that have made successful leaps in the sector.
The development of a sustainable aquaculture sector can play an important role in providing livelihoods for people living around Lake Victoria, according to Kyra Hoevenaars, AquaBioTech Group’s project manager in the VicInAqua initiative
A proposed levy on imported fish might stimulate Zimbabwe’s local aquaculture industry to grow at a faster rate – but it might also bring its own challenges.
Jennifer Sodji, who runs one of the biggest fish farms and the leading aquaculture association in Ghana, outlines how political intervention is essential to secure the sector's growth.
Efua Konyim Okai reports from James Camp Prison, Accra, on an aquaculture training initiative that is going to be rolled out across the country’s jails.
