THIS month, Fish Farmer looks at a broad spectrum of the aquaculture sector, ranging from shrimp and oysters to salmon and trout. Our cover image depicts a boat laden with scallop shells, part of a project to recreate oyster reefs in the North Sea using “cultch”, hard organic material that acts as the perfect surface for native oyster spat to settle on and grow.
By using scallop and oyster shells from the seafood industry, not only is this ideal example of the circular economy helping to restore endangered native oyster populations, but it is also reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.