Xelect - Trends in Aquaculture Genetics 2025 Question Title * 1. Please enter your name Question Title * 2. Please enter your email Question Title * 3. What is your job title? Question Title * 4. Does your company have its own broodstock? Yes No Question Title * 5. Do you currently run a selective breeding programme? Yes No Question Title * 6. If you don’t run a selective breeding programme what is the main reason you have chosen not to? Cost/resource constraints - implementation and maintenance are too expensive for our current budget Lack of in-house expertise or technical knowledge to manage such a programme Concerns about potential loss of genetic diversity in our stock Satisfied with current stock performance without selective breeding Regulatory/certification challenges in our market for selectively bred organisms Question Title * 7. How much would you say you understand the principles of genetics in aquaculture? 0 - No knowledge 1 - Limited knowledge 2 - Working knowledge 3 - Advanced knowledge 4 - Expert knowledge 5 - Expert & Applied knowledge Question Title * 8. What is the most import factor you consider when selecting a genetics partner? Question Title * 9. Please rank the following companies in order of how familiar you are with the brand Question Title * 10. Please rank the following companies in order of how advanced you think their services are Question Title * 11. Please rank the following in terms of how important you consider them to be in a genetics partner Question Title * 12. In your view, what will be the most significant change in aquaculture genetics over the next 5 years? Question Title * 13. What emerging technologies do you think will have the greatest impact on aquaculture genetics? Gene editing technologies Advanced genomic selection using machine learning algorithms Biomarker discovery and implementation for early trait selection Epigenetic manipulation techniques for improved adaptation High-throughput phenotyping technologies for more efficient data collection Question Title * 14. What genetic challenges are you currently facing that you don't feel are being adequately addressed by service providers? Question Title * 15. In your view, what is the main barrier to innovation in aquaculture genetics today? Regulatory hurdles and lengthy approval processes Limited funding for research and development Consumer resistance to genetically improved aquaculture products Insufficient collaboration between academia and industry Technical challenges in implementing new genetic technologies at commercial scale Question Title * 16. What service or solution do you wish genetics companies would offer but currently don't? Done