Indonesian startup Sambung Asa believes that their novel farming system – which includes Gracilaria, milkfish and black tiger prawns – can help to breath new life into ponds abandoned by shortsighted shrimp farmers.
Mohamed Elshenawy, project manager at Gulf Union, has dramatically increased the farm’s tilapia output – transforming it into one of the leading aquaculture operations in Saudi Arabia.
Arapaima have long been touted as a promising genus of fish for farming, but there are still some major research hurdles to be cleared before they can be produced efficiently enough to be economically viable.
Richard Knuckey is convinced that giant grouper is one of the premium finfish species best suited to RAS production in the West – the question now is whether someone is able to make this potential pay.