Aquaculture’s Silent Profit Killer: Why Bacterial Disease Detection Is Now a Strategic Imperative
The global aquaculture industry loses an estimated $6 billion annually to bacterial infections, yet most operators still rely on diagnostic methods that take days to deliver results—by which time entire stocks can be compromised. As production intensifies and antibiotic resistance tightens regulatory scrutiny, the gap between detection speed and disease spread has become a critical business vulnerability that no serious player can afford to ignore.