Fishery of the Future: When the Ocean Becomes a Smart Farm Humanity stands on the brink of a new era in its relationship with the sea. In 2024, global fish and seafood production reached a record 188.2 million tons, and aquaculture, for the first time in history, outpaced traditional open-ocean fishing, providing 103.3 million tons of products. This is not just statistics — it is a turning point that changes everything: from how we catch fish to how we farm, sell, and eat them. The future of fisheries is here now, and it will be high-tech, sustainable, and perhaps entirely different from what we knew before. Blue Transformation: How Bioeconomics Changes the Rules of the Game The main trend shaping the future of the fishery industry is the shift to bioeconomics. As experts emphasized at the IX International Fishery Industry Forum, \"bioeconomics is not a new trend but a development course for the entire industry, uniting technology, ecology, and economy.\" It is about a business model based on the use of biotechnology and scientific knowledge of living systems to improve the efficiency of natural resource use and ensure sustainable development. In other words, the future of fisheries is not just the extraction of resources, but their reproduction, deep understanding of ecosystems, and integration of advanced biological and digital solutions. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) calls this process \"Blue Transformation\" — an ambitious program aimed at maximizing the contribution of aquatic products to global food security, poverty reduction, and economic development. This means that fish and seafood are no longer just a commodity — they become a strategic resource on which the well-being of billions of people depends. Almost 64 million people are employed in the industry, and if the entire chain from processing to trade is considered, it provides livelihoods for about 600 million people on the planet. Aquaculture: From \"Complement\ ... Read more