Heterosis, the well-known concept of “hybrid vigour”, has been utilised to improve fitness-related traits – like growth, fecundity and disease resistance – in a number of cultured aquatic species over the years.
Dr James Rakocy, who has been involved in designing systems that produce both plants and fish since the 1970s, reveals his hard-won experience in a sector that is only set to grow.
The hard work and commitment of Precious Sanjama, a young entrepreneurial Malawian, reflects a new generation of talent emerging in the country’s aquaculture sector.
Adam Taylor, founder of the largest tilapia producer in Africa, sees huge scope for improvements in the sector - in particular driven by advances in nutrition and genetics.
Marco Cerqueira, author of Fish Welfare Initiative’s new report on global aquaculture, explains why carp welfare in India is a key focus area for the startup and how this can be improved.
A fish farming system which produces tilapia, algae and plants that can be used as both fish feeds and agricultural fertilisers has been established by two West African entrepreneurs.
The ambitions, and profits, of Indian aquaculture operators are constantly undermined by poor access to reasonable loans. However, the adoption of new technologies can help to de-risk investments in the sector by mainstream lenders.
Armed with a homemade submersible cage and a determination to start farming a species that was in decline in the wild, veteran trout farmer Jeff Tuerk decided to establish the North America’s only lake whitefish farm.
