FARM 2025 brought together stakeholders from across Indonesia’s shrimp value chain, creating a milestone platform to share knowledge, strengthen collaboration, and shape solutions for the industry’s future.

Microplastics pose emerging risks to fish health through immune disruption, microbiome changes, and organ accumulation, underscoring the need for further research and industry-wide mitigation strategies.

With farmed shrimp production increasing, aquafeed demand continues to grow, driving innovation in alternative ingredients to ensure supply resilience and sustainability.

The Swedish startup is developing a fungi-based protein ingredient to reduce dependency on fishmeal and soy in aquafeed.

At the Global Shrimp Forum, a panel highlighted how Brazil and Mexico are charting a different path from leading exporters, focusing on resilient, domestically anchored shrimp markets.

The company will invest in an aquafeed plant this year as the country launches its Tilapia and Catfish Friday campaign, with feed availability and pricing taking center stage at the campaign’s launch.

The rebalancing of global shrimp trade was already in motion before tariffs, which are now accelerating rather than driving the shift, according to Willem van der Pijl.

Fisheries engineer and Labomar professor Alberto Nunes has built a career at the intersection of academia and industry, leading R&D projects on shrimp nutrition and aquafeeds while addressing Brazil’s aquaculture challenges and opportunities for sustainable growth.

Kevin Fitzsimmons reflects on aquaculture’s evolution, the pressing challenges of sustainable feeds, and how the F3 Challenge is accelerating the adoption of alternative ingredients across the industry.

Tulio Merino, Manager of the SNA (Peruvian National Aquaculture Society), analyzes the current situation of aquaculture in Peru.