Fish Welfare Initiative is offering $100,000 to a team who can develop and provide a publicly-available satellite-based system to monitor water quality in India’s carp ponds.
The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP), in collaboration with IDH, has launched a groundbreaking project in Ecuador to ensure and verify that workers on SSP shrimp farms are paid a living wage…
Hailia – which transforms fish sidestreams into ready-to-eat food products – has announced a new partnership to expand international licensing of its technology.
Founding Oyster Master Guild is the culmination of decades of dedication to oysters for Julie Qiu and she hopes it will help to deepen everyone’s appreciation for the gourmet bivalves.
Trà Vinh province in Vietnam is seeing growing adoption of integrated whiteleg shrimp and tilapia farming - a diversified approach that they belive will enhance economic efficiency and boost farmer…
Wesley Malcorps, founder and CEO of Blue Food Performance, explains how the startup aims to not only help seafood companies improve their sustainability levels, but also their bottom lines.
Swen Capital Partners has announced the €160 million first close of its Blue Ocean 2 fund, which it claims makes it "the world’s largest impact venture fund dedicated to regenerating ocean…
A research programme led by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has investigating the threat to wild seaweed stocks caused by climate change and issued a called on the international…
FISH4ACP, a global aquatic value chain development programme implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has launched an input finance initiative to scale fish…
A new global initiative is set to strengthen safety and sustainability across key ocean sectors, including aquaculture, in emerging maritime economies. The Ocean Centres, launched by the UN Global…
Two of Chile’s largest salmon producers, Australis and AquaChile, have signed up to use Aquaticode’s SORTpro system, which uses AI to sort juvenile fish by gender and growth potential, while removing…
Scientists from India's ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) have embarked on a two-week-long outreach programme to directly engage with fish farmers and fishermen across the…
Fish health company Harbor, which has developed an electric fence to safeguard salmon from lice and jellyfish, aims to have 80 units operational by the end of 2026.
According to the newly published Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2024, Scotland's mussel farmers harvested 11,690 tonnes in 2024 - the highest level on record and 13 percent up on the…
Three of the ten startups taking part in the inaugural Blue Carbon Plus (BC+) Challenge – a new initiative run by Hatch Blue, Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy – have been…
A mussel farming project, aimed at supporting low-income communities in Kodungallur, initiated by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has delivered a substantial yield of 1.7…
After five years of trial and error, Maine scallop farming startup Vertical Bay could be on the cusp of a significant breakthrough – with plans to increase production by up to fourfold next year.
dsm-firmenich has announced a strategic partnership with Allix, a leader in feed formulation software, to measure and manage the environmental footprint of animal feed in conjunction with A-Systems.
Despite currently being temporarily reduced from 26 to 10 percent, the prospect of punitive tariffs on Indian shrimp imports to the US has created further issues for an industry already facing stiff…
Prime Minister Carney recently announced Canada’s new Ministry and confirmed the continuation of the appointment of the Honourable Joanne Thompson as Minister of Fisheries, a move supported by…
Silvain Charbonneau, Seaducer’s COO, believes that smart, scalable innovations will help reinvigorate the oyster farming industry and attract a new generation of growers – ensuring the sector remains…
Despite past setbacks, Interest from former customers has persuaded Matilda Olstorpe, Sweden’s biofloc shrimp pioneer, to set up a new and bigger farm.
Laxey, the land-based salmon company that’s developing a 36,000 tonne capacity farm in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, has successfully completed a €35 million equity private placement.
A consortium of algal researchers has co-authored a report, published in the European Journal of Phycology, that highlights the need for a coordinated effort to preserve seaweed genetic diversity to…
Tristan Macquet believes that bringing new techniques into France’s oyster farming industry will bring new blood into the sector – helping to ensure it’s alive, well and supporting coastal…
The Caribbean's aquaculture sector is experiencing a transformative shift, marked by the increasing involvement of women across various roles. This evolution reflects broader societal changes and…
Bacteriophages are poised to revolutionise aquaculture by significantly reducing mortality rates and antibiotic use, according to Dr Aristobulo Loaiza, CEO of Hedros Bio.
Fish farmers in Nigeria are suffering from the high costs and unreliable nature of key inputs, causing numerous players to leave the sector, despite the country’s growing demand for fish.
Kelp is one of the fastest growing organisms on the planet; some species can grow up to two feet per day. The business of farming it in North America has the potential to grow at an equivalently…
Ambitious aquatech businesses are invited to apply for Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM) pioneering mentoring programme, designed to accelerate innovation in the global aquaculture sector.
Nick Shell, co-founder of Halophilic Marine Agriculture, who is pioneering the aquaculture of Salicornia using marine hydroponics in disused Vietnamese shrimp ponds, believes that the saline plant…
Simplii Good, a startup founded by AlgaeCore Technologies, has announced plans to commence commercial production of its spirulina-based smoked salmon alternative.
Although the commercial aquaculture industry tends to favour the production of large tilapia, some industry analysts argue that it's time for a renaissance of smaller fish, which remain important for…
Just three people have the power to realise or destroy Unity Marine's plans to establish a 50,000-tonne capacity salmon farming operation in the Falkland Islands, with a decision due to be made by a…
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