Collaborative knowledge generation and dissemination to strengthen technology development in science and technology parks as a strategy to innovate aquaculture production

[...]this individual ability to improve production reaches a limit that is not overcome unless there is appropriation of outsiders' knowledge through collaboration, which can be associated to best aquaculture practices from locals, all the way to state-of-the-art knowledge-based technologies developed by academic institutions or large corporations. To increase harvested aquaculture volumes worldwide, we are incorporating new species, but further diversification is constrained by limitations in technology, profitability, market development, local governance and regulations, community acceptance, environmental conditions, and sustainability. STPs anchoring Aquaculture Hubs in different regions will trigger innovation by channeling open source knowledge into technology development, as a place with specialized infrastructure and facilities for human resource training, and as catalysts to expedite problem solution, spearheading diversification as a driver for local and regional sustainable development.