Health & Welfare
Opinion: OIE, the World Organization for Animal Health, needs seafood industry’s input
Author argues the OIE should regard all fish and shrimp products as safe for trade, regardless of the exporting country’s pathogen status.
Health & Welfare
Assessing the effect of temperature on FCR in Pacific white shrimp cultured in biofloc systems
Research shows promise to improve shrimp feeding protocols in biofloc systems, especially in regions with significant water temperature fluctuations.
Health & Welfare
New circular DNA vaccines and heritable, anti-viral immunity possible for shrimp
Author evaluates production of new circular DNA vaccines and heritable anti-viral immunity for shrimp based on viral defense mechanisms.
Intelligence
Donald Lightner, influential figure in shrimp aquaculture, remembered
Donald Lightner, pre-eminent shrimp pathology researcher and longtime head of the University of Arizona Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory, has died.
Responsibility
Nutrient recovery from shrimp farming with combined integrated multitrophic aquaculture of polychaete worms, saltworts
Evaluation of IMTA designs showed a single polyculture tank with ragworms and saltwort had best bioremediation performance and biomass production.
Innovation & Investment
Going up: High hopes for a vertical aquaculture venture
Because space is a limiting factor for land-based aquaculture production, one Singapore company is developing a vertically configured RAS for shrimp.
Health & Welfare
Frequent urination can be hazardous to health of farmed shrimp
Conditions causing frequent urination in shrimp – like sudden salinity drops combined with high virus load – can make nephrocomplex a portal for pathogens.
Innovation & Investment
RAS shrimp producer may have found its field of dreams
NaturalShrimp rebuilds damaged facility in Texas and turns to Iowa to expand its patented electrocoagulation contaminant-removal technology.
Innovation & Investment
Shrimp farmers in Ecuador tap an app to seal a better deal
With a smartphone camera and XpertSea’s latest AI-driven tool, shrimp farmers in Ecuador are finding – and closing – deals faster than ever.
Intelligence
GOAL 2020 Day 1: Aquaculture addressing the world’s ‘most fundamental challenge’
GOAL 2020 keynote speaker Peer Ederer says the solution to closing food security gaps doesn’t include abandoning animal proteins and finger pointing.
Intelligence
How India became the world’s top shrimp producer
Despite ongoing challenges, Indian shrimp farmers have achieved major developments in hatchery, farm grow-out and feed-manufacturing technologies.
Intelligence
Ecuador’s shrimp industry clearing numerous hurdles in 2020
It’s been a trying year for Ecuador’s shrimp industry, which is fighting low prices, supply issues to China – its top market – and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aquafeeds
Is a ‘baby food’ bottleneck looming for aquaculture?
Global aquaculture, particularly farmed shrimp, depends on artemia for hatchery feeds. Supplies meet current needs, but growth will require alternatives.
Intelligence
India’s shrimp industry adapts to COVID-19 restrictions
A look at trends in various segments of the shrimp production supply chain in India – hatcheries, farms, feeds and exports – amid COVID-19 restrictions.
Innovation & Investment
Robins McIntosh: Florida RAS shrimp farm the first of many
CP Foods’ Robins McIntosh is turning a 40-acre site in Florida into a next-generation shrimp farm, producing 1,000 tons annually with zero waste.
Aquafeeds
Considerations for automatic feeding in shrimp ponds
Automatic feeding is becoming important for lowering production costs through better shrimp growth, lower feed conversion rate and higher survival rate.