Japan’s squid farming breakthrough

In August 2022, researchers at the Physics and Biology Unit of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) announced they had developed the first squid aquaculture system with potential for commercialisation. Aimed at a group of species known as oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana), the researchers hope their new system will be a way of reducing the pressure on wild squid populations and providing Japanese consumers with healthy, sustainable seafood.