Rui Pedro Gonçalves Pereira, academic trained as a Biologist,avid for the applied side of research (but with total respect forfundamental science). Completed his PhD in 2004, working onthe life-cycle of North Atlantic Porphyra, seeking its application inEurope. After a typical research career, in 2012 moved to thebusiness world and co-founded an IMTA land-based seaweedaquaculture company, then the first in Europe. Since 2020 he isthe Head of Seaweed Division of A4F, a Portuguese companyat the forefront of algae biotechnology.

• Preface to the Series. Preface. Seaweed Aquaculture: From Cultivars to Cultivation Technologies to Applications. Intelligent Fish Farming for the Future. Crustacean Aquaculture. Aquaculture of Bivalves: Challenges Towards a Sustainable Future. Sea Urchin Aquaculture: Present and Future. Sea Cucumber Aquaculture: Present and Future. Octopods Aquaculture: Reproduction, Rearing Technology, Nutritional Physiology, Welfare and Health Status. Jellyfish Aquaculture—Current Practices and Future Developments. Polychaetes: A Valuable Natural Resource and its Production in Aquaculture Systems. Advances and Constraints of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) Development in Coastal Ecosystems. Index.