Industry analysis

Global Shrimp Forum 2023 Global Shrimp Forum aims to shed new light on the shrimp trade

25 July 2023

A comparison of hard data and anecdotal evidence from the world’s key shrimp producing and consuming regions will be the subject of a special two-part plenary session at this year’s Global Shrimp Forum.

Why $1.4 billion valuation is good news for eFishery and excellent news for the sector as a whole

Feeding systems Sustainability Shrimp

10 July 2023

eFishery is the first aquaculture startup to reach a valuation of over $1 billion. This should open the floodgates for meaningful investment in the industry, according to Amy Novogratz – co-founder and managing partner of Aqua-Spark*.

May 2023

An independent assessment of Kenya’s aquaculture sector

Production systems Processing Tilapia / Cichlids

30 May 2023

The Fish Site columnist Proscovia Alando is planning to launch the first ever comprehensive independent analysis of the Kenyan aquaculture sector – in a bid to determine the number of farmers, their total production capacity, the key challenges they n…

IFFO reports slump in Chinese domestic fishmeal production

Feed ingredients

12 May 2023

Who’s destined for success in algal aquaculture?

Sustainability Processing Seaweed / Macroalgae

10 May 2023

Peter Green, founder of Paxtier – an algae tech innovation newsletter and community – shares his thoughts on the sector’s most promising startups and some of the key emerging trends.

Backing an Indian tilapia boom

People Alternative proteins Shrimp

8 May 2023

April 2023

Meet the farmer Helping to generate East African aquaculture success

Formulated feed Parasites Tilapia / Cichlids

28 April 2023

Enos Were, the managing director of Jewlet Fish Farms, is a pioneer who has transformed East Africa’s aquaculture industry by training countless fish farmers, researchers and government officials, as well as developing his own successful independent farm.

Connecting Indian aquaculture Aquaculture vs alternative proteins: debunking the myths

Sustainability Consumer

26 April 2023

Alternative proteins are often cited as being better – environmentally, ethically and nutritionally – than farmed seafoods, but the reality is much more complex and far less clear-cut than some alt-protein evangelists realise.

The Lutz Report A different way to evaluate your aquaculture operation

Feed ingredients Feeding systems Freshwater fish

5 April 2023

There are those who argue that farming is a way of life and not a business, but in today's modern, competitive and global agriculture/agribusiness environment, that mindset is the quickest way to lose money.

Generation recirculation Germany’s clearwater shrimp RAS champion

Pathogens Husbandry Shrimp

3 April 2023

Bert Wecker, founder of Neomar, believes that farming tropical shrimp in temperate countries is on the verge of being highly profitable, and that the sector is all set for expansion, both in Europe and North America.

March 2023

Fulfilling the potential of Senegal’s oyster farming sector

NGO Sustainability Oysters

29 March 2023

Senegal needs to step up its domestic oyster aquaculture sector to better meet domestic demand, according to Amy Gaye, FISH4ACP’s national professional officer in Senegal, who has been working on a new project for FISH4ACP.

Menai Strait mussel farmers fear for their livelihoods

Pathogens Husbandry Mussels

22 March 2023

Post-Brexit regulations are posing a threat to one of the UK’s oldest aquaculture sectors, in the Menai Strait – where mussel harvests have dropped from 7,500 tonnes in 2016 to around 400 tonnes in 2022.

Animal welfare groups urge closure of Yucatan octopus farm

Biosecurity Welfare Octopus

21 March 2023

Aqua Farm 2023 set to welcome international researchers and aqua practitioners

Health Husbandry

21 March 2023

New initiative revives Kerala's ornamental fish sector

Husbandry Open farming systems Koi and other ornamentals

20 March 2023

Cornwall debates Pacific oyster phase out

Biosecurity Sustainability Oysters

20 March 2023

Rabobank / Gorjan Nikolik reports A seismic shift in the global seafood trade

Marketing Consumer Shrimp

20 March 2023

For decades China has been the world’s largest exporter of seafood but, in the space of 12 months – following a 30 percent rise in imports – it has become a net importer, heralding a genuinely pivotal moment in the seafood sphere.

How can Côte d’Ivoire fulfil its aquaculture potential?

Husbandry NGO Tilapia / Cichlids

14 March 2023

Côte d’Ivoire needs to step up its domestic tilapia production in line with domestic demand, according to a recent interview with Fougnigué Traoré, FISH4ACP national professional officer in Côte d’Ivoire, following the publication of a new report.

Upcoming TARS event plans to jumpstart Asia’s stagnant shrimp sector

Sustainability Economics Shrimp

7 March 2023

Why tropical seaweed should be seen as “the future industrial feedstock”

Feed ingredients Sustainability Seaweed / Macroalgae

6 March 2023

Farmed seaweeds have huge potential to be used for a wide range of industrial applications – not just for high value products – once production techniques have improved and farming upscaled.

The Lutz Report The rise of AI in aquaculture

Husbandry Water quality Atlantic Salmon

1 March 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly relevant in aquaculture research and production in recent years – with both startups and established companies developing new AI-based applications for the industry.

February 2023

Shining a light on Sardinia’s aquaculture challenges

Sustainability Open farming systems Marine fish

28 February 2023

Researchers from the UK and Italy met in early February at a workshop in Sardinia aiming to identify and prioritise the challenges and research needs for aquaculture development on the Mediterranean island.

Skyrocketing house prices in Scottish Highlands spark call for £10 million investment for rural housing

Economics Jobs Atlantic Salmon

27 February 2023

Ugandan delegation visits Brazil’s top tilapia players

Feed formulation Welfare Tilapia / Cichlids

24 February 2023

A delegation from the government of Uganda recently visited some of Brazil’s top tilapia farmers, feed producers and regulators, as they seek to grow their own aquaculture sector.

Measuring and mitigating GHG emissions in the salmon and shrimp sectors

Feed formulation Climate change Atlantic Salmon

22 February 2023

How to measure and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ten commodities, including farmed salmon and shrimp, are the subjects of a recent series of reports from WWF.

Project Sea Dragon throws in the towel

Economics Startups Tiger prawn

15 February 2023

First virtual Seagriculture Asia-Pacific hailed as a success

Husbandry Sustainability Seaweed / Macroalgae

15 February 2023

Are investors in the seaweed sector looking in the wrong place?

Sustainability Processing Seaweed / Macroalgae

7 February 2023 Sponsored

While seaweed processing and product development are receiving the most investments, research from Hatch Innovation Services suggests that limited availability of biomass is the biggest bottleneck in the industry – indicating that production deserves more doll…

January 2023

A ground-breaking insight into global seaweed production

Husbandry Sustainability Seaweed / Macroalgae

31 January 2023

Africa’s most ambitious aquaculture producer: ensuring future success

Husbandry Sustainability Tilapia / Cichlids

30 January 2023

Victory Farms might have achieved a great deal in their first seven years, but – as company CEO, Joseph Rehmann, explains in the second part of the article – fresh challenges and opportunities await.

Rabobank / Gorjan Nikolik reports Consolidation predicted in the global shrimp sector

Consumer Economics Shrimp

27 January 2023

The shrimp sector is in for a difficult year, with many of the smaller farmers likely to go out of business, according to Rabobank’s latest Global Aquaculture Update, which was published this week.

Global Shrimp Forum 2023 begins registration

Economics Events Shrimp

26 January 2023

Rabobank / Gorjan Nikolik reports Rabobank ramps up concerns over Norway’s proposed resource rent tax

Land-based production systems Regulations Atlantic Salmon

26 January 2023

A new report by Rabobank, published this week, warns that the growth of Norway’s salmon farming sector is extremely vulnerable to the resource rent tax proposed by the government.

Government of Canada finds “no statistically relevant association” between sea lice and the production of farmed salmon

Sea lice Biosecurity Atlantic Salmon

25 January 2023

Africa’s most ambitious aquaculture producer: the story so far

Formulated feed Biosecurity Tilapia / Cichlids

23 January 2023

Reaching 10,000 tonnes of tilapia production within eight years of being founded is no mean feat – especially in a poverty-stricken country with an extremely limited aquaculture ecosystem – but it’s only the tip of the iceberg, according to Joseph Rehmann, CEO…

Women in aquaculture Women in aquaculture: Angela Odero

Husbandry NGO Tilapia / Cichlids

20 January 2023

Angela Odero, CEO and co-founder of Rio Fish Limited, is on a mission to end the sex-for-fish trade in Kenya, (whereby women traders are sexually exploited by predatory fishermen) - through market linkages so that women traders can access an adequate, convenie…

Aquaculture intelligence with HIS Is the profitability of Norway's traditional net pen salmon sector under threat?

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Land-based production systems Atlantic Salmon

18 January 2023 Sponsored

Norwegian salmon farmers have enjoyed a decade of unprecedented profitability, but plans to introduce a 40 percent resource rent tax on the sector - combined with the emergence of new systems for growing salmon in different regions - could undermine the volume…

An expert’s take on lumpfish research

Sea lice Non-medicinal treatments Lumpfish

16 January 2023

Pat Reynolds, one of the world’s preeminent lumpfish researchers, believes that – despite a number of welfare issues and a slight dip in their popularity – the species merits a prominent place in the list of ways to control sea lice on salmon farms.

Maine’s scallop industry is offering fishermen new opportunities at sea

Climate change Economics Scallops

13 January 2023

Rhode Island university to host inaugural Blue Economy Investment Summit

Technology & equipment Economics

12 January 2023