With nearly 30 countries and 10 especially popular shrimp species, a look at the European shrimp market provides a fascinating insight into cultural and culinary differences across the continent.
Black tiger shrimp are experiencing something of a renaissance, especially in India and China, but experts such as Kontali analyst Ida Skancke, and leading Indian shrimp farmer Dr Manoj Sharma note that producers would be foolish to write off vannamei.
Crawfish farming is one of the most lucrative and sustainable forms of aquaculture in the US, but recent droughts in its southern heartlands are putting livelihoods at risk.
Access to quality data analysis has proved a huge help to a range of players across the salmon industry but, given the volatile and fragmentary nature of the shrimp sector, forecasting shrimp harvests has always been seen as being notoriously difficult.
Uniting industry stakeholders from across Indonesia, Shrimp Outlook 2024 held discussions of the country’s shrimp production performance, as well as next steps for improving future productivity.
Sea Ventures upcycles post-harvest fish scraps into protein for animal feeds, formulating complete feeds for various sectors, including aquaculture, poultry and pets, as founder Faith Mwende explains.
The approval of plans to establish the first commercial red drum RAS facility in the US could mark the beginning of a brave new world for a species that was once a seafood staple in the States, as Megan Sorby, founder of Pine Island Redfish, explains.
Shrimp farmers should be braced for six months that are even more testing than 2023, with prices hitting a 20 year low, while salmon farmers will continue to be highly profitable, according to Rabobank’s newly published report covering H1 2024.
Moses Njoku Uwa is the founder and managing director of St Mosco FeedNation, the largest fish farming company in southeast Nigeria, which produces 560 tonnes of African catfish from 100 earth ponds each year.
While the slow intensification of shrimp farming appears to be working in Latin America, Ecuadorian producers should be wary of the Asian example, where even heavy investments in new technologies have failed to counter problems caused by historic overstocking.…
Frank Foolen, general manager of leading Dutch catfish producer Claresse, explains how his family’s self-taught approach and long-term commitment have helped to create a successful and profitable RAS operation.
Jennifer Bushman senses encouraging trends in investment and innovation in – as well as acceptance of – aquaculture, but adds that challenges include the urgent need for the salmon farming industry to work together to address ongoing environmental issues.
The Asian shrimp market has had its fair share of negative news throughout 2023, but Rizky Darmawan, CEO at Delta Marine Group, in Indonesia, offers a glimmer of hope as he reflects on the year.
Investment in seaweed production – not processing – urgently needs to be prioritised, according to leading industry analyst and Phyconomy founder Steven Hermans.
The last 12 months have proved testing for Malaysia’s shrimp and crab farmers, with a number of new entrants going out of business, but a pivot towards the live market has provided a lifeline for Yit Tung, founder of RAS Aquaculture.
Despite a challenging year for the majority of the world’s shrimp farmers, Willem van der Pijl notes that a number of positives to have emerged over the last 12 months, which could help to strengthen the sector’s long-term resilience.
