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Assessing shrimp welfare.

FAI launches Shrimp Hub to put welfare at the centre of shrimp farming

New online platform aims to link improved shrimp welfare with stronger production performance and certification readiness.

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From left: Ole Jacob Broch, Silje Forbord, Minister of Research and Higher Education Sigrun Aasland, Jorunn Skjermo, Minister of Digitalisation and Public Administration Karianne Tung and SINTEF Oceans Director Vegar Johansen.

New "centre of gravity" for seaweed innovation to launch in Norway

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SeaForester Group, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), and Kongsberg Discovery

New partnership aims to bring Europe’s disappearing kelp forests back to life

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“Our project aims to support a new farming sector for home-grown king prawns, using indoor closed-system methods, harnessing renewable energy and integrating circular-economy thinking so nothing is wasted," said Project Lead, Professor Rod Wilson.

Could UK farmland become home to a new king prawn-farming sector?

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Alexandra Leeper, CEO of the Iceland Ocean Cluster.

TalentView: Alexandra Leeper, Iceland Ocean Cluster

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Chef Steve Phelps pictured with Megan Sorby, Founder and CEO of Pine Island Redfish.

Florida's Pine Island Redfish exceeds 2025 production targets as company seeks funding for expansion

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"By producing ready-to-eat products from these parts of the fish, we can offer people better nutrition in everyday foods, while reducing waste and creating more sustainable value from every catch," said Hailia CEO Michaela Lindström.

Could salmon byproducts be more nutritious than fillets? This Finnish firm thinks so

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"The future of biotech is blue and will launch in Maine,” said Beth Orcutt, Bigelow VP for Research. Pictured: an aerial view of Bigelow Laboratory facilities in Boothbay, Maine.

Maine bets on "blue biotech" with launch of new accelerator program

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PT Aqua co-founders Ian Sutton and Paul Coyne accepting the BIM Aquatech Business of the Year award from Caroline Bocquel, CEO, BIM, and Richard Donnelly, Director of Development and Innovation Services, BIM.

Ireland’s aquatech industry set for major expansion, say sector leaders

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Cod fry and saithe fry swim around the artificial reefs covered with kelp.

Kelp recovery in record time on Norway's northern coast

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Kelp underwater.

GreenWave launches Kelp CoLab to boost sustainable seaweed innovation

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Swedish rainbow trout fed with "future feed" made with no marine ingredients.

Made in Sweden: world’s first commercially-available fish raised on mycoprotein

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Kristine Hartmann, CEO of Salmon Living Lab, and Bente E. Torstensen, CEO of Nofima.

SalMar's Salmon Living Lab partners with Nofima

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Ghost fishing occurs when lost or abandoned gear remains active on the seabed, trapping and killing fish and crustaceans for many years.

Norwegian project to pilot deposit scheme for old fishing gear in fight against ghost fishing

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Aerial view of the Forever Young Aquaponics facility in Atlanta, Georgia.

Innovasea partners with Andrew J. Young Foundation to develop two new aquaponics facilities in the US

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Katelijne Bekers, MicroHarvest co-founder and CEO.

TalentView: Katelijne Bekers, MicroHarvest

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University of Bergen's Professor Ivar Rønnestad and researcher Sergei Budaev, who are developing FishMet in collaboration with Vestlandets Innovasjonsselskap (VIS).

Researchers develop “virtual fish” to optimise aquaculture feeding

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Aerial view of Tropo Farms tilapia ponds on the shore of Lake Volta, Ghana.

Tropo Farms partners with Esox Biologics on new tilapia pathogen detection project

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Anders Fossøy, General Manager of Tidal Norway.

Tidal unveils autonomous AI sea lice control system

Pictured: first seaweed harvest underway at North Sea Farm 1 located within the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind park.

First seaweed harvest completed at North Sea farm located among wind turbines

Ohad Maiman and Thue Holm, co-founders and Managing Partners of AquaFounders Capital.

Aquafounders Capital's modular land-based farming system gets key funding for next step

Aerial view of Bakkafrost's Applecross facility in Wester Ross.

Bakkafrost launches £2.5m aquaculture waste-to-fertiliser project

Hailia co-founders, CEO Michaela Lindström and CTO Otto Kaukonen.

Finnish seafood byproducts tech firm Hailia embarks on international expansion

Ace Aquatec and Aquascot teams at Seafood Global Expo Barcelona 2025.

AI to connect real-time fish data from farm to processing line

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