Freshwater fish

For the past decade eFishery has been one of the rising stars in the aquaculture industry and a poster boy for how to use tech to sustainably transform aquaculture in developing countries. This was,…

Tran Van Van swapped a career as a civil engineer for one in aquaculture, founding the Minh Phu International Joint Stock Company, which produces tilapia, catfish and mitten crabs.

After graduating from United States International University (USIU-Africa), with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Paul Murage opted to work at his family’s construction business,…

Lana Fish Company produces tilapia, carp, ornamental fish and even rainbow trout – despite being located in the Saudi Arabian desert – as executive director, Ibrahim Al-Madbouly, explains.

In Bangladesh, public opinion holds strong that frozen seafood is inferior to its fresh counterparts, however, as Zubair Khan explains, this is often not the case.

A new generation is embracing aquaculture in India’s Bihar state, helped by several government schemes, but there’s room for improvement, according to the farmers.

Professor Kevin Fitzsimmons has an optimistic outlook for the global aquaculture sector, especially in terms of alternative aquafeed ingredients, but is deeply concerned how plans to raise import…

Wavu aims to link smallholder fish farmers to high quality and affordable inputs, while also guaranteeing their offtakes, in a bid to ensure a more resilient future for tens of thousands of Kenyans.

Mazen Elsawaf, technical director of Maher fish farm in Saudi Arabia and a strong advocate of RAS, represents a new generation of ambitious young Egyptians in aquaculture.

Tilapia farming in sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing incomparable growth rates, and experts expect these to continue apace, as it bids to finally fulfil its aquaculture potential.

Aquasend’s low maintenance water quality sensors are being used by an increasingly wide range of international aquaculture producers, as CEO, Kristin Elliott, explains.

Mohamed Salah Ibrahim runs Al Sahaba Hatchery, one of the oldest tilapia hatcheries in Kafr El-Sheikh, and continues the legacy of his father, Dr Salah Ibrahim, one of Egypt’s pioneers of mono-sex…

Akin Showemimo, widely known as “Akinfish”, is the director of Asher Royal Produce Limited, a company that produces its own catfish, tilapia and heterotis, and also helps to equip and train other…

Gabriel Thomas Kimeu, 27, is a computer science graduate who set up a RAS tilapia, catfish and ornamental fish farm in eastern Kenya and has major ambitions to grow.

Egypt has huge potential to increase its production of marine species, in sea cages, coastal ponds and well-based inland farms according to Dr Mohamed Abdel Rahim, one of the country’s leading…

A look at both the traditional and more cutting-edge fish farming systems currently in use Hungary.

Omorinsola Giwa is the managing director of Mamijo Farms, a Nigeria-based operation which can produce over eight tonnes of catfish and over 10,000 fingerlings each month.

Nitul Chandra Das, a fish farmer in the Assam region of India, explains how a career in aquaculture completely changed his fortune, taking him from rags to riches.

A look at some of the emerging technologies that hold promise for saving endangered fish species, as well as the potential to accelerate genetic improvements in aquaculture.