Latest Mediterranean Aquaculture News: Business, Tech & Science

Publisher’s Note

2026: Entering a New Year with a Renewed Commitment to Our Audience

CHALLENGE for 2026:

From innovation to integration: the next phase of aquafeed ingredients

By Alejandro Güelfo, 30 December 2025 | The challenge for 2026 is to consolidate alternative ingredients into a robust nutritional model

NEW INGREDIENTS

Sex matters in the nutritional value of polychaetes as aquafeed ingredients

Germany, 30 December 2025 |

MEDITERRANEAN

AVRAMAR Greece’s 2026 begins with a choice between cash and restructuring

Athens, 30 December 2025 | Next year creditor banks must decide to back Cooke’s immediate recovery or Aqua Bridge’s longer-term rescue plan

Challenge FOR 2026:

Training highly skilled professionals to lead recirculating aquaculture systems

By Alejandro Guelfo, 29 December 2025 | Specialised RAS training is emerging as the key competitive advantage for the years ahead

ADDITIVES

Shrimp hydrolysate improves efficiency and resilience in low-fishmeal marine feeds

South Korea, 29 December 2025 | Researchers demonstrate that palatability enhancement allows significant fishmeal reduction without negative effects on growth or health

Challenges for 2026:

Improving the social acceptance of aquaculture

WELLBEING AQUACULTURE

Vietnamese aquaculture faces major animal welfare challenges

Vietnam, 26 December 2025 | New research highlights the gap between global production leadership and animal welfare governance

CHRISTMAS SEASON

Farmed fish reshapes Christmas menus

Editor, 24 December 2025 | Seabream, sea bass, rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon stand out as affordable and reliable festive choices

DEVELOPMENT

Moroccan aquaculture agency presents its 2026 Action Plan with 35 strategic projects

Rabat, Morocco, 24 December 2025 | The plan consolidates the strong expansion of the sector in recent years

Challenges for 2026

Improving F1 reproduction in Senegalese sole

For years, the low reproductive capacity of Senegalese sole males born and reared in captivity (F1) has been one of the main obstacles to the development of strategies aimed at improving the species’ productive performance at comercial scale.

SPECIAL DINNER

Stolt Sea Farm’s turbot takes centre stage at the 2025 Nobel Prize Dinner

Stockholm, Sweden, 23 December 2025 | The turbot was served as the main course of the banquet, in a fine-dining preparation combining the fish with scallop, seaweed and a beurre blanc sauce

IN-DEPTH

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Solid-State Fermentation: The Technology that Turns Waste into Super Ingredients for Aquafeed

Global, 23 October 2025 |

Emerging Researchers Aquaculture Europe 2025 - Valencia

Alice Gasperini - IATS-CSIC - AE25VAL | @misPeces

Alice Gasperini (IATS-CSIC) explains how ten genes reveal the life and welfare of a gilthead seabream

Valencia, 10 October 2025. – Unlike punctual stress markers, this approach aims to capture the full “lifestyle” of a fish throughout its farming cycle

Aquaculture Europe 2025 - Valencia

Javier Ojeda, APROMAR manager: “European aquaculture is advancing in sustainability, but production and employment remain stagnant”

Valencia, Spain, 29 September 2025 | During the event, the European Aquaculture Society presented Javier Ojeda with the Honorary Life Membership Award, one of the most prestigious accolades in the sector

Videos

NOWA, Network of Women in Aquaculture - Garazi Rodríguez

September 30, 2025

Garazi Rodríguez, treasurer and co-founder of NOWA. NOWA is a network of women from the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, Network of Women in Aquaculture.
Javier Ojeda (APROMAR) - Steps boost aquaculture's growth

September 28, 2025

At the Aquaculture Europe 2025 – Valencia, misPeces interviewed Javier Ojeda, general manager of APROMAR, who analysed the current state of aquaculture in Spain and Europe and reflected on the steps needed to boost its growth.
The Conference & Tradeshow - AE25VAL

September 29, 2025

Valencia played host to the European Aquaculture Europe 2025 conference. In line with its slogan, 'Aquaculture for Everyone', the event brought together 3,115 participants from 97 countries. Plenary speakers, scientific sessions, industry forums and events for students made up the programme.