Aquademia: The Seafood Podcast

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From Fish Waste to Fish Leather: Rethinking Seafood Utilization

July 09, 2026

Episode Summary What if the future of seafood sustainability starts with everything we leave behind? Across global seafood systems, fish skins, heads, frames, roe, and other processing leftovers are often treated as low-value material or discarded entirely. Yet growing interest in full utilization is challenging long-held assumptions about seafood waste and creating opportunities that extend well beyond the plate. Dallas Abel’s work sits at the intersection of fisheries, circular economy thin...

Shellfish Beyond Seafood: How Bivalve Aquaculture Supports Cleaner Waters

June 25, 2026

Episode Summary Bivalve aquaculture is increasingly being explored not only as a source of sustainable seafood, but also as part of a broader conversation about ecosystem services and coastal resilience. Emerging research in the United Kingdom is helping quantify how shellfish species such as mussels, oysters and clams remove nutrients from marine environments through natural biological processes, creating opportunities to better understand aquaculture’s role in supporting water quality and e...

Saving the Queen: How Mobile Hatcheries Are Reviving Caribbean Conch

May 21, 2026

Episode Summary Queen conch have long been a cultural, ecological, and economic cornerstone throughout the Caribbean, but decades of overfishing, habitat degradation, and climate impacts have caused populations to decline dramatically. In this episode, Becky Holt and Dr. Megan Davis of the Florida Atlantic University Queen Conch Lab share how their team is working to reverse that trend through restoration aquaculture, community partnerships, and an innovative network of mobile hatcheries depl...