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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?

Through the UK Sustainable King Prawn Project, scientists and industry partners are assessing whether high-tech prawn farming can offer the UK a reliable home-grown and low-impact source of protein.

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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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The system aims to demonstrate how renewable energy and aquaculture can operate together efficiently within shared maritime space - the first time such a system has been tested in the Atlantic.

First offshore trials in the Atlantic to combine floating wind power and aquaculture

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Big Akwa co-founders, Elena Petukhovskaya and Hugo Wikström.

Swedish collaboration links clean fuel and fish farming in a circular economy first

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Lisaqua founders, Charlotte Schoelinck and Gabriel Boneu.

Lisaqua raises €9m to build France’s first large-scale low-impact shrimp farm

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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

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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

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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

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The Innovators

The Innovators

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

TalentView: Alexandra Leeper, Iceland Ocean Cluster

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

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

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

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

Kelp recovery in record time on Norway's northern coast

First offshore trials in the Atlantic to combine floating wind power and aquaculture

Swedish collaboration links clean fuel and fish farming in a circular economy first

Lisaqua raises €9m to build France’s first large-scale low-impact shrimp farm

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

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

TalentView: Katelijne Bekers, MicroHarvest

Researchers develop “virtual fish” to optimise aquaculture feeding

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

Tidal unveils autonomous AI sea lice control system

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

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

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

Finnish seafood byproducts tech firm Hailia embarks on international expansion

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

Norwegian project "transforms" CO₂ emissions into microalgae for aquaculture feed

Debut harvest for Florida's Pine Island Redfish

First commercial-scale land-based asparagopsis seaweed facility begins production