Innovasea has confirmed the successful harvest of greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) in the Red Sea, utilising fully submersible aquaculture systems to overcome extreme water temperatures.
With over 30 years of aquaculture experience in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, NAPCO Aqua's CEO, Nabil Kammoun, is developing RAS and biofloc projects in the Kingdom, combining farm design, operational…
Carlos Duarte argues aquaculture can deliver net benefits by shifting to low-trophic, circular farming – if policy, research and markets keep pace in 2026 and beyond.
Wabil Alshareef, founder and owner of Saudi Arabia’s first rainbow trout facility - the imaginatively titled Trout Fish Farms - outlines his ambitions to produce up to 5,000 tonnes a year.
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.
Aquantic Fish Farm, in Saudi Arabia, combines tilapia production with crop cultivation, while there are also plans to produce rainbow trout in a RAS unit – as Youssef Eltahawy, the farm’s technical…
Unibio's microbial single-cell protein, Uniprotein, has been officially approved for use in aquaculture for fish and crustaceans by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA).
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.
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.
The third edition of the Saudi International Marine Exhibition (SIMEC), which concluded yesterday, attracted more than 15,000 visitors and led to the signing of nine major aquaculture agreements.
Saudi Arabia is set to host its largest ever exhibition related to sustainable seafood production on 4-6 February, with over 12,000 visitors due to attend.
Professor Kevin Fitzsimmons believes that there are plenty of positives to be taken from the last 12 months in aquaculture and has an optimistic outlook for the sector in 2024 – but mention the…
After gaining her master’s in aquaculture in Gran Canaria, Nourhan Ali has gained an impressive range of farming experience in Egypt and is now a consultant for the Saudi Aquaculture Society.
Despite its isolated desert location, Naqua – which produces shrimp and barramundi in Saudi Arabia – is in the process of securing sufficient funding to more that double its output to 250,000 tonnes…
Despite being dominated by the production of a single commodity, shrimp farming is a remarkably disparate business with a huge variety of business models and production techniques.
Innovasea, which delivers technologically advanced aquatic solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking, announced today that it has hired veteran fish farmer Erik Vis as its new aquaculture services…
The Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) has agreed to invest $70 million in sustainable feed protein firm Unibio to help boost international production.
Calysseo and Food Caravan are in advanced discussions with partners in Saudi Arabia to bring an alternative protein production site that’s five times larger than the FeedKind fermenter in China to…
According to the results of a new study, the microorganisms present in biofloc can compensate for reduced protein content in shrimp diets without impacting their performance.
Ali Al-Shaikhi, the CEO of Saudi Arabia’s National Fisheries Development Programme (NFDP), announced that the kingdom is on its way to becoming a leading global aquaculture producer on 4 June.
A shrimp farm operated by Saudi Arabia’s National Aquaculture Group (Naqua) is the first in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to receive Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) shrimp…
Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Fisheries Company recently hatched its first batch of native sobaity bream larvae – a breakthrough that could pave the way to diversifying the Middle East’s burgeoning…
The head of Saudi Arabia’s National Fisheries Development Program (NFDP) has reiterated his plans to attract over $4 billion of foreign and local investment into the country’s aquaculture sector.
Coral restoration could become easier and quicker with the use of 3D printing, according to a team of reseachers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Petros Thomas, who’s Greek and been in the marine aquaculture sector for 32 years, is currently working as assistant general manager and production operation manager for the Tabuk Fisheries Company…
Plans to construct a hatchery capable of producing 70 million fingerlings a year in the Saudi Arabian model city of NEOM are gathering pace, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding…
Countries in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) must be more focused on the profitability of the entire aquaculture value chain if they are to achieve their – often lofty – ambitions to grow the…
A novel, solar-powered sensor that's designed to measure a suite of water quality parameters for the aquaculture sector has been developed by scientists in Saudi Arabia.
Victoria Alday-Sanz, director of biosecurity and breeding programmes at Saudi Arabia's National Aqua Group (NAQUA), talks about the challenges of looking after 80,000 tonnes of fish and shrimp each…
A licensing deal to build three fly farms in Saudi Arabia has been signed between Saudi technology hub Sajt and waste-to-nutrient pioneer AgriProtein this week.
SAUDI ARABIA - Following a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on the detection of white spot in farmed shrimp in Pakistan, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has placed…
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