Fifty chefs and artisanal fishers gathered in Patagonia, Argentina, for a public event focused on local seafood and marine conservation, as discussions continue over a proposed amendment to Law 1355…
The Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation (KGASF) has awarded $25,000 in scholarships to seven Indigenous students for the academic year 2025-2026.
Using its AI-driven bioplatform, Umami Bioworks grows marine nutrients like Omega-3s and Vitamin B12 from cultivated cells, offering a sustainable alternative to wild-caught and farmed fish.
Anup Kumar Sarmah is one of the most successful carp farmers in Assam – after a challenging start, within nine years he's grown his annual turnover to close to half a million dollars.
Hatch Blue and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have announced the launch of the Maine Blue Biotech Studio, a fully-funded programme designed to move blue biotechnology innovations from the lab…
Aquaculture operators and fishing vessel owners across Wales are being asked to contribute data to a new study aimed at supporting the seafood industry’s transition to net-zero.
The waters surrounding Isla Margarita, off the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, have become Latin America’s most productive seaweed farming region, largely thanks to three young enterprises, which are…
Ireland’s expanding aquatech sector – already valued at €165 million and supporting more than 900 jobs – is on the brink of growth, with potential for investment, the BIM Blue Ambition 2025 aquatech…
A new economic analysis from the Atlantic Economic Council (The Council) confirms the significant value of the aquaculture sector as a major employer and economic contributor to Newfoundland’s South…
Alam Panchayat swapped a career as an urban chef with a chance to set up his own carp farm in Barguna, on the coast of Bangladesh, slowly growing a successful business, despite the challenges posed…
Kelp farming startup WildBlue Mariculture was founded by commercial fishers Amber Morris and Kory Blake in a bid to both diversify their incomes and have a positive impact on the planet.
Through community-led aquaculture, Indonesia’s Kampung Patin (Pangasius Village) has grown into a model of resilience – creating jobs across the value chain and proving that fish farming can lift an…
Ocean Fields Connection (OFC), a partnership of impact-oriented seaweed SMEs such as Ocean Farmers and Nosy Boraha Seaweed, works with more than 3,000 smallholder households across 50 coastal…
Lorena Gamez, manager of El Pasito Afro-Agricultural and Tourism Association (ASOPASITO), aims to support and strengthen communities of both indigenous and African descent in Cesar, Colombia, through…
Thea Thomas and her partner Cale Hershcleb have blazed a trail for seaweed farming in Prince William Sound, having been operational for four seasons as the Royal Ocean Kelp Co.
Combining scientific curiosity and practical grit, Olivia Duner and Jonny Antoni - with the support of several friends - set up Sea Quester Farms in 2022 in a bid to establish a regenerative…
An exclusive interview about how technology can help aquaculture producers capitalise on data collection, featuring John Costatino, co-founder of Manolin, is now available to view on YouTube.
UK retailer Waitrose has announced plans to adopt the Seafood Carbon Emissions Profiling Tool (SCEPT) to help measure and reduce carbon emissions across its seafood supply chain.
India’s ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has set a target of 2.5 million tonnes of mariculture production by 2047 – a huge leap compared to the 150,000 tonnes the country…
Working with one of North America’s largest seaweed processors on one side, and a range of Alaska’s fledgling seaweed farmers on the other, Mothers of Millions is ensuring that growers have a market,…
Fabiane Almeida, founder of Aqua Viridi, is convinced that producing Amazonian algae can help tackle environmental challenges, increase food production and create employment opportunities in the…
Investors, leaders, scientists and entrepreneurs from around the world will convene in Portland on 24 October for the third annual Blue Economy Investment Summit.
Walking through the halls at AquaNor this year reinforced how diverse and ambitious innovation in aquaculture has become: from advanced feeding systems and real-time environmental monitoring to…
Janno van der Laan is the founder of Nasaru Naturals, a startup cultivating spirulina in the soda lakes of East Africa’s Rift Valley, as a sustainable protein source for both human nutrition and…
Pure play aquaculture companies are notable by their absence in Katapult Ocean’s eighth accelerator cohort, with a Tanzanian company developing foods from farmed seaweeds being the only exception.
Leading seaweed scientists from Malaysia and the UK, alongside Malaysian government officials, are meeting with more than 50 stakeholders this week to propose a new Progressive Management Pathway for…
Pure Algae’s bioremediation technology is designed to turn excess emissions into a financially attractive proposition for recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farms. With several setups operational…
A €7 million public-private partnership has opened a Centre of Excellence in Cox’s Bazar to train 1,800 fish and shrimp farmers to strengthens sustainable growth of Bangladesh’s aquaculture sector.
Applications are open for GreenWave’s Kelp CoLab, a new programme designed to develop beauty and personal care products that contain farmed kelp, in a bid to boost market demand and strengthen the…
A new study led by IFFO highlights how integrating circular principles with life cycle assessment (LCA) can accelerate the shift towards more sustainable aquafeed formulation.
As Norway constantly revisits aquaculture rules, startups show how IMTA, autonomous cleaning and sea lice capture can improve fish welfare and sustainability across salmon farming.
After 12 months in which a number of the West’s flagship indoor shrimp farms have been forced to shut down, two of the more promising remaining companies explain how they have not only survived the…
In Normandy, oysters reign supreme, but a new land-based ulva producer, Magma Seaweed, hopes to disrupt the tides with a novel two-pronged farming approach.
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