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In this two-part feature, The Fish Site and Mike Selden, CEO of the cell-based fish company Finless Foods, discuss the background of lab-grown fish and the origins of Finless Foods bluefin tuna.

Long Island’s fledgling sugar kelp farming sector “may unlock a wealth of economic and environmental opportunities for coastal communities”.

The inclusion of biofloc meal in feed has been shown to improve the growth and health status of juvenile African catfish.

Jim Tidwell, author of the book Largemouth Bass Aquaculture, which is published by 5m books in April, explains the appeal of a species whose growth is taking off both in China and the US.

Cycle Farms, a French-owned biotechnology company, has opened its first insect meal production facility in Ghana.

Despite struggling to achieve bulk production volumes and compete with global commodities such as fishmeal and soy, opportunities for alternative protein producers in aquafeed sector are only going to grow in the coming years.

A proposed levy on imported fish might stimulate Zimbabwe’s local aquaculture industry to grow at a faster rate – but it might also bring its own challenges.

Representatives of Ghana’s tilapia sector see signs for optimism, now that a Chinese-owned tilapia production site has been mothballed.

Having recently secured at least $30 million in funding to develop a novel system to revolutionise water-quality monitoring, Professor Chin-yuan Hsieh explains his ambitions in aquaculture.

Jennifer Sodji, who runs one of the biggest fish farms and the leading aquaculture association in Ghana, outlines how political intervention is essential to secure the sector's growth.

One of South East Asia’s largest shrimp farming groups is the Lim Shrimp Organization (LSO), which has established a network of integrated farming projects known as Aqua Villages. In 2018, it completed 12 such projects in Indonesia, two in Thailand and one in …