New species research is one of the biggest investments made by the international aquaculture industry, with billions of dollars ploughed into the sector over the last forty years.

The research is often fragmented and, as this report highlights, expensive and worthwhile research is frequently abandoned when the finance source runs dry, leaving valuable findings without a productive conclusion.

Recent years has seen more efforts to continue these projects and communicate results across the world, to drive forward the possibility for real results in the field of new species development.

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