Rob Fletcher

Sustainable Shrimp Farming in India is helping smallholders in Andhra Pradesh improve shrimp welfare – and their own livelihoods – through a variety of simple, yet effective, interventions.

The production of natural algal astaxanthin – at a scale and price that make it an affordable aquafeed ingredient – is tantalisingly close, according to Claude Kaplan, CEO of Kuehnle Agro Systems…

Shamim Nyanda, community manager for the forthcoming Women in Ocean Food Africa venture studio, explains her dedication to empowering the continent’s female blue food entrepreneurs.

The early life stages of marine finfish are notoriously tricky to replicate in hatcheries but, according to Planktonic, replacing Artemia and rotifers with the nauplii of one of the world’s most…

BarAlgae, a producer of microalgal hatchery feeds for shrimp, fish and shellfish, aims to expand globally by setting up microalgae facilities in major aquaculture hubs.

A Norwegian-led company is convinced it can help Namibia become a salmon producer of international significance – thanks to the cool waters of the Benguela Current, a stable and supportive government…

Noble Ocean Farms is a small but growing kelp farming operation in Simpson Bay, run by Sean Den Adel and his wife, Skye.

According to the managers involved, a new technology being tested in Qingdao could represent one of the most significant shifts in shrimp production in years: inflatable air dome farming systems.

Seawan Gelhbach, founder of the Simpson Bay Oyster Company, sees bivalve farming as a way of cultivating seafood, building a community and carving a sustainable living out of the waters of Prince…

After two decades in aquaculture Josef Melchner, CEO and co-founder of GoSmart, aims to bring clear, affordable data-driven insights to those parts of the industry that are still largely operating on…

Kelp and bivalve farming are key components for reviving Indigenous sovereignty and sustainable ocean-based economies in Alaska, according to Dune Lankard, founder of the Native Conservancy.

Having recently landed investments of €24 million, Seaentia aims to become the first company in Europe to farm commercial volumes of corvina in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).

While better known for its prolific salmon runs and historic fishing fleet, Cordova is now also becoming a hub of innovation in mariculture, with seaweed at the centre of a growing green economy.

SeaCrop, the Israeli startup pioneering the harvesting of marine microalgae for aquafeed, is in the process of raising funding, after making steady progress on both the technological and commercial…

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…

Unprecedented improvements in black tiger shrimp genetics, combined with their ability to thrive in abandoned vannamei ponds, make them ripe for a comeback – but only if demand can be grown.

Changing pond management and feeding strategies are the best way to limit shrimp disease – with those farmers who focus on reducing stress and improving pond health the ones who are consistently…

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.

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…

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.