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"10 reasons to be cheerful about aquaculture in 2021
by The Fish Site
10 December 2020, at 2:44pm
... New government regulations will prove challenging to fish farms in Chile
“Fish farms in Chile will be under immense pressure to comply with new government regulations that require them to do real-time monitoring of dissolved oxygen, salinity and temperature in and around their fish pens – and then transmit that data immediately to government agencies. There’s going to be steep learning curve for workers, and managers will need to put more thought and planning into their operations,” predicted Juan Pablo Barrales, the company's managing director in Chile.
Concerns about food security create opportunity for aquaculture
“2020 demonstrated that food security needs to be a national priority. With seafood dependence at an all-time high and wild catch fish stocks under stress, we see a prime opportunity for private entities, government and non-governmental organizations to work collaboratively to move forward various US-based aquaculture projects that have been in the works. This will help demonstrate not only the value of aquaculture, but how much operating procedures and technologies have evolved to meet current environmental standards and sustainability goals,” according to Rafael Cordero, vice president of engineering.
... Remote work will fuel improvements in fish farm monitoring and communications
“As upper-level employees embrace the work-from-home lifestyle, fish farm operators will have to look for better ways to manage their farms and mitigate risk. A combination of market pressures and technological advances will lead to better data streams and improved communications on farms. That will give managers better insight into their operations than ever before with real-time environmental data, feed rates and live pen videos available to them 24/7 from anywhere in the world,” noted Tyler Sclodnick, senior scientist. ..."
https://thefishsite.com/articles/reasons-to-be-cheerful-in-aquaculture-in-2021
" ... Seafood consumption will skyrocket as the pandemic eases
“Once we have a working vaccine for Covid-19 in place, the international market for seafood will stabilise. Seafood producers have found new ways of getting their products to the people in this challenging time, and the industry has also focused on the value and importance of sustainable and healthy food. So I expect there will be higher consumption of seafood after the pandemic stabilizes and restaurants open up again. In the aquaculture industry, there is a major focus on innovation and taking advantage of new technology, so I see a bright future for fish farms and the developers of this new technology,” Tor Espen Skoglund, managing director, Norway.
Aquaculture will play a significant role in the post-pandemic world
“The seafood industry will play a key role in the post-pandemic recovery. As hotels, restaurants and other food services come back online, demand for fresh salmon will surge worldwide. With the retail market also growing, this could drive the price of salmon to an all-time high in Q2 or Q3. And as we get past the pandemic in late 2021, food security will become a front-burner issue. Countries will start to examine how they could survive another long-term disruption in the food supply. This will play favourably into the aquaculture industry. Countries with little or no aquaculture will start looking for new ways to develop this safe, sustainable industry locally,” thinks Tim Stone, vice president of product development."
https://thefishsite.com/articles/reasons-to-be-cheerful-in-aquaculture-in-2021