Aquanomics

Though insect protein startups are generating splashy headlines and bringing new players into the aquafeed industry, single-cell and microbial proteins might be a key feed component in the future.

Kenya-based insect farmer, aquaculture consultant and entrepreneur Proscovia Alando aims to establish the largest fish farming operation in East Africa, in a bid to improve prospects of the region’s women and youth in particular.

A recent audit of Bangladesh’s pangasius farms found that only 35 percent of farmers were able to meet sustainability and quality indicators at the “best” or “good” level – how can this be improved?

The main salmon producing regions and companies can look forward to profitable 2022, with increases in both volumes produced and prices.

Following a year of phenomenal growth in 2021, 2022 is set to be another excellent year for many shrimp producing nations, with scope to increase production through intensification and the use of better genetics, according to Gorjan Nikolik.

Blue carbon is emerging as a new conservation game-changer and climate mitigation strategy, but practitioners say that investors and policymakers should think twice before they fall for the hype.

Jyotirmayee Moharana, who hails from Orissa, joined the Aquaconnect* team as a banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sales manager. She now travels to villages in the state’s coastal belt to enable access to formal credit and insurance for shrimp fa…

Ahead of the inaugural meeting of the World Aquaculture Society’s African Chapter, which is due to take place in Alexandria this month, Harrison Charo Karisa – one of the key organisers of the event – discusses the prospects of the continent’s aquaculture sect…

Bernardo Carvalho, founder and CEO of Oceano Fresco, explains what drew him to clam farming, what makes the company unique and how Europe’s shellfish sector can reach new levels.

José Antonio Camposano, executive president of Ecuador’s national chamber of aquaculture (CNA), provides the country’s latest shrimp production figures, thoughts on sustainability and reflections on the chamber’s new partnership with The Fish Site.