India's world aquaculture event nets 3,600 visitors
World Aquaculture India 2025 (WAI 2025), held last week in Hyderabad, India, has been declared a “tremendous success” by organisers.
The event brought together more than 3,600 participants from 63 countries, including 90 students. The international trade show featured 110 booths highlighting innovations, technologies, and services from leading companies in India and abroad.
Scientific activities included 438 abstracts, 298 oral presentations, 76 posters, and 45 technical sessions, reflecting the sector’s growing research and development momentum.
Keynote presentations included Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta, World Food Prize Laureate (2005), on “Indian Aquaculture: Meeting Food and Livelihood Security”, and Dr Manuel Barange, assistant director general of the United Nations Foof and Agriculture Organisation, on “Trends and Projections in Global and Regional Aquaculture: A Blue Transformation”.
Digital innovation
Over the three-day event, which ran from November 11 to 13 at the Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre, WAI 2025 delivered comprehensive sessions covering feed and nutrition, genetics, disease management, sustainability, market trends, and digital innovation.
A special farmer-focused session, organised by the National Fisheries Development Board (NFBD), brought together farmers from across India, while additional sessions were conducted by Marine Product Export Development (MPEDA).
The exhibition halls offered a dynamic space for networking, technology demonstrations, and partnership development.
WAI 2025 was organised by the World Aquaculture Society – Asian Pacific Chapter (WAS-APC) with the support from the Government of Telangana together with the National Organising Committee, by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the NFDB, with strong support from P.V. Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, the Society of Aquaculture Professionals (SAP), and MPEDA.
Preparations are already under way for World Aquaculture 2026 (WA2026), scheduled to take place in Singapore from June 2 to 5.
