We’re talking space aquaculture. Raising sea bass in lunar waters, growing spirulina on Mars, and maybe even farming oysters in the depths of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Oh and also, did you know seaweed could be used to shield space explorers from cosmic rays?

We’ll be scouring current research and scientific writing. And attempt to go where no one’s gone before, behind a paywall to read an article. Kelp Trek!

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Space Aquaculture: Prospects for Raising Aquatic Vertebrates in a Bioregenerative Life-Support System on a Lunar Base

Aquatic invertebrate protein sources for long-duration space travel - ScienceDirect

SpaceGenFish will study aquaculture to produce fresh food for long-duration space missions | Institut de Ciències del Mar

SpaceGenFish: Spain’s new bet to put farmed fish on the space menu

https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/270105?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/270105

‘The ultimate setting’: Why Japan wants to grow fish in space - Responsible Seafood Advocate

Could astronauts farm fish in space? - BBC Newsround

Beyond Earth: Harnessing Marine Resources for Sustainable Space Colonization - PMC

Algae ‘Bioreactor’ on Space Station Could Make Oxygen, Food for Astronauts - May 8, 2019

Sci-fi bioreactor can make food and water in space from... algae - May 13, 2019

What happened to Photobioreactor - PBR@LSR: the Algae-based Photobioreactor Experiment at the ISS – Operations and Results

This wild bioplastic made of algae just aced a Mars pressure test. Can astronauts use it to build on the Red Planet? | Space

Redditor articulates argument for space seaweed - Crops on Mars : r/Colonizemars

Star Oysters - Harrisburg University Students Design System to Feed Astronauts Headed to Mars

https://spacebotany.uk/blog/shell-we-go-to-space-prototype-system-to-study-oyster-biology-in-microgravity/

Sea bass in space: why fish farms on the moon may be closer than you think | Fish | The Guardian (April 2025)

There’s Water on the Moon? - NASA Science

Extraterrestrial liquid water - Wikipedia

List of extrasolar candidates for liquid water - Wikipedia

Lunar Hatch programme - Space Aquaculture - YouTube

Stand-Alone Monoculture and Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) | Home

IN SITU Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

LUNAR HATCH Program: One small swim for fish, a giant leap for human space exploration

Bioreactor - Wikipedia

Tubular Bioreactor Algae Skyscraper: Transalpine Energy Network- eVolo | Architecture Magazine

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