Farming king prawns indoors in tanks on UK farmland could create a thriving, sustainable seafood industry, researchers from the University of Exeter say.
A new aquaculture project has demonstrated that farming Nile tilapia and giant freshwater prawn together can significantly increase yield and income for local farmers in the Philippines.
Indonesian startup Sambung Asa believes that their novel farming system – which includes Gracilaria, milkfish and black tiger prawns – can help to breath new life into ponds abandoned by shortsighted…
The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has introduced a new genotyping tool designed to improve efficiency in selective breeding programmes for black tiger shrimp.
The UK co-operative supermarket Co-op has announced it has stopped the ablation of eyestalks for all of its farmed prawns and has committed to introduce electrical stunning by the end of 2027.
Robins McIntosh reflects on a year that’s seen continued challenges for shrimp exporters, an increase in bacterial diseases… and the experience of being caught up in a student uprising that overthrew…
The meteoric growth of Ecuador’s shrimp production has finally come to the halt due to low shrimp prices and weak Chinese demand, but analysts expect the shrimp world’s export leaders to make more…
A switch to farming giant river prawns is proving economically astute for a growing number of Bangladesh’s aquaculture operators, but the sector still has challenges to overcome.
CSIRO have partnered with Tiwi Resources and the Portaminni Trust to advance a pilot prawn farm to create a more sustainable future for the Tiwi Islands.
How shrimp producers – and those who provide their feeds – can remain solvent during a time of rock-bottom shrimp prices and record feed costs will form the crux of many of the discussions in the…
Frozen shrimp are the staple export item from the Khulna, Satkhira and Bagerhat regions of southern Bangladesh, accounting for about 90 percent of the country’s total shrimp exports.
The scorching heat and low rainfall in Bangladesh in the beginning of summer have had devastating effects on the shrimp industry, particularly in Satkhira district, in the Khulna division.*
After working in Namibia, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia and Australia, Albert Ferrer Lladosa’s most recent venture has been managing an indoor shrimp farm in Greece.
New research suggest that noise from human activities like drilling, shipping and mining is harming ocean invertebrates like crabs, molluscs, squid, prawns and bivalves.
After the UK included decapod crustaceans in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, pressure group Crustacean Compassion launched “The Snapshot”, the first assessment of welfare standards for…
Following a challenging seven years, Nigeria’s first commercial-scale black tiger prawn producer is now up, running and ready to supply high end markets with ASC certified shrimp – from Lagos, to…
Following a challenging year, shrimp farmers should not be too pessimistic about 2023 – as long as they don’t leave themselves overexposed, argues Willem van der Pijl, managing director of the Global…
A consortium of researchers have reviewed and outlined the emerging and increasing disease threat facing Macrobrachium rosenbergii aquaculture and notes the sector's current reliance on antibiotic…
Ananda Arrieta is helping to pioneer the use of bioremediation in Australia's aquaculture sector and sees her work as an essential part of the evolution of land-based aquaculture systems.
Indian aquaculture producers need better guidance from aquatech companies as well as access to government subsidies to help secure their productivity and livelihoods.
Taprobane Seafood’s Tim O’Reilly faced a four-year approval process and significant protests when introducing Litopenaeus vannamei to Sri Lanka – but has since found that his eco-certified shrimp are…
Advances in black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) genetics are leading to an impressive renaissance of the species in multiple regions, according to Robins McIntosh.
Although the $4 billion giant river prawn (Macrobrachium ronsebergii) sector has largely stagnated over the last decade, new breeding programmes could help pave the way for its resurgence.
After studying architecture and design in university, Cynthia Darmawan decided to join Delta Marine, her family's shrimp trading business. Since then, she's helped the business expand and plays a…
Recent genetic advances are being heralded as possible game-changers for the tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) farming sector, potentially bringing a welcome renaissance to a sector that has fallen far…
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the World Bank have agreed to provide loans for a new 5,500 hectare aquaculture project in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.
Researchers are beginning to highlight the potential of immunostimulants as a sustainable disease prevention strategy for shrimp aquaculture. Here’s a run-down of how these molecules work, their…
A new report from Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture shows that approximately 1,200 hectares of aquaculture area has been affected by diseases since the start of 2022, a 14 percent increase on the…
Australian firm Seafarms has seen its share price fall precipitously after a review found that Project Sea Dragon, the firm’s ambitious plan to build the world’s largest prawn farm, is unviable.
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