October 8, 2020 — While aquaculture companies around the globe have different approaches to raising seafood –building land-based RAS facilities or pushing for offshore development, which species are most profitable, choice in feed varieties, etc. – there are common threads that bring different production systems together: the need for increased control across the board and the industrialization and automation of day-to-day operations.
In a Global Aquaculture Alliance presentation focused on paradigm shifts in aquaculture production systems – which took place at its virtual Global Outlook for Aquaculture Leadership (GOAL) conference – representatives from aquaculture projects came together to talk about challenges faced in their own operations, and where they see a need for innovation in aquaculture production.