Growing a Land-Based Seafood Sector for the UK

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Research published: Land-efficient seafood farming can help UK meet Net Zero targets without increasing food imports or emissions overseas

The UK plans to create 30,000 hectares of new woodland every year to help tackle climate change and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. While planting trees can absorb carbon, it may also reduce the amount of land available for food production. If more food then has to be imported, some of the emissions saved in […]


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Innovation thinking: Prawns, grown on land, discussed over dinner

Hosted by the Innovation Nursery, a dinner was arranged to discuss and eat warm water prawns, grown on land in the UK. The discussion was enquiring, insightful, and probing. Held jontly with the University of Exeter as part of London Climate Action Week, June 2026, the table was deliberately mixed: scientists, founders, major caterers, economists, […]


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Policy Brief: UK must ‘act now’ or fall behind on land-based seafood farming

A new policy brief calls for national investment in world-leading aquaculture technology that could boost food security, create skilled jobs and position the UK as a global leader in sustainable seafood production….. https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-health-and-life-sciences/uk-must-act-now-or-fall-behind-on-land-based-seafood-farming/


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