Loc Tran is on the cusp of stocking a brand new 30 ha, 1,500 tonne capacity shrimp farm which he hopes will offer a blueprint for a new generation of farmers in Vietnam.
Kontali shrimp production analyst Erwin Termaat takes a deep dive into El Niño and La Niña - the climate systems intrinsically linked to Ecuador’s shrimp farming industry - providing insight into past trends and future outlooks.
Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) present a promising pathway for sustainable seafood production, yet there are still numerous uncertainties – both for operators and potential investors – which urgently need to be overcome.
Despite being relative newcomers to the salmon sector, the new generation of hybrid flow-through systems (HFTS) are making profits and showing huge potential, in marked contrast to the struggling RAS sector.
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 inroads into the US market.