Although global aquaculture growth is forecast to slow down in 2026 after a year of exceptional increases for salmon and impressive results from many nations’ shrimp and tilapia sectors, there’s cause for cautious optimism for the year ahead.
Wabil Alshareef, founder and owner of Saudi Arabia’s first rainbow trout facility - the imaginatively titled Trout Fish Farms - outlines his ambitions to produce up to 5,000 tonnes a year.