Loc Tran is Founder and CEO EcoSeafood Group, a recently established environmental, social, and governance-focused spinoff of ShrimpVet Laboratory. Under the EcoSeafood Group, scientist-turned-entrepreneur Loc is charting a new course with a greenfield aquaculture project in Bac Lieu, and to spread his vision for a new model that emphasises efficiency, sustainability and technology transfer. ShrimpVet, founded in 2013, is an independent research company that provides various services and products for the global shrimp sector. Research at ShrimpVet includes genetics, disease diagnostics and disease management, hatchery and farming technologies, nutrition, therapeutics development and new aquaculture technologies.

Loc Tran has a PhD in shrimp pathology and disease from the University of Arizona, USA and an MBA in business finance from Andrews University, USA. He is also the Director of the Asian Pacific Aquaculture chapter of the World Aquaculture Society, and has worked with many organizations and institutions worldwide to foster sustainable aquaculture practices and innovations.