© Khemika Klomsuwan
Organised by Aqua Culture Asia Pacific and Corporate Media Services PL, with support from Thailand’s Department of Fisheries, speakers will share their technical and business knowledge, insights on challenges, and trending issues impacting Asia’s shrimp aquaculture industry.
The two-day programme will address critical issues and practical solutions across through four main focus areas:
- Precision Shrimp aquaculture & Gap Analyses
- Living with Diseases
- Future Proofing Shrimp Aquaculture
- Technology and Innovations
Speakers include Robins McIntosh from Charoen Pokphand Foods, which will discuss supply trends in Asia and challenges that producers are facing. He will examine if the ‘Asian intensive model’ has lost its effectiveness or is being improperly implemented. Ding Changwei of Hong Kong Fisheries Holdings Limited will show how China’s food service demand is changing and how online retail has grown tremendously. Additionally, Pablo Montalbetti GT of Vitapro-Alicorp will highlight Ecuador’s model and its ability to respond quickly to market shifts.
This edition will also showcase the transformation led by second generation Thai farmers, Yanisa Klomsuwan and Khemika Klomsuwan at their father’s farming business in Krabi where they have implemented a structured, data-driven farming model that shortens grow-out cycles and boosts average daily gains and yields.
The Pondside Chat, an industry dialogue, will bring together a dynamic group of next-generation farmers from Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, and the Philippines to redefine the future of the industry. Each will share perspectives on the transformation taking place on their farms.
In the Hard Talk with Business Leaders session, experts from across the shrimp supply chain will discuss how poor coordination between sectors (genetics, hatchery, feed and more) is disrupting effective aquaculture management.
On the final day, all participants will join the Interactive Roundtable Breakout Sessions to explore “Future Proofing: Precision Shrimp Aquaculture and the New Deal.” This collaborative forum invites every stakeholder to contribute ideas and help shape practical, ground-up solutions.
The Chair of TARS 2025, Zuridah Merican, commented in a press release: “At each TARS, we assess industry challenges. This year, we update on shrimp supply from Asia and Latin America, and demand from China, the leading market and success stories. The current oversupply and low prices threaten the sustainability of many Asian farms due to production costs and disease, but some have had consistent success.”
