Indian aquaculture producers need better guidance from aquatech companies as well as access to government subsidies to help secure their productivity and livelihoods.
Oceanpick, which is on track to produce 1,200 tonnes of barramundi this year and is one of Sri Lanka’s flagship aquaculture producers, has ambitions to reach 3,000 tonnes a year.
Flexible ingredient formulations, enzymes, optimised microbiomes and genetics are playing their part in bringing multiple farmed fish species closer to precision nutrition, according to Alltech’s global manager of aquaculture research.
Ecuador’s relatively extensive shrimp farming techniques have ensured that their shrimp are robust enough to cope with the presence of pathogens that would be disastrous in most parts of Asia – allowing them to continuously produce shrimp sustainably for decad…
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 an economic bright spot and a key element in Sri La…
Colombia’s aquaculture industry has been stuck in a cycle of low productivity and low profitability, but a recent value chain analysis notes that the country could capitalise on its climate and geography to become a leading producer of tropical – and native – …
Advances in black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) genetics are leading to an impressive renaissance of the species in multiple regions, according to Robins McIntosh.
Mohamed Adel, chairman and managing director of the Suez Canal Aquaculture Company, offers an insight into one of the most ambitious aquaculture projects ever to have been constructed in Africa.
Though Asia already leads the world in the traditional seafood trade, it is poised to gain global dominance in the nascent alternative seafood segment.
