Anup Kumar Sarmah is one of the most successful carp farmers in Assam – after a challenging start, within nine years he's grown his annual turnover to close to half a million dollars.
By combining ocean intelligence with training and buy-back schemes, MarinElixirs is de-risking cultivation, integrating the value chain and turning fresh seaweed into higher-value biostimulants within hours of harvesting.
Assam's carp farmers have been left reeling by the floods which swept through the Indian state at the end May, forcing many to question the future of their profession.
Shaurya Agarwal, co-founder of Blue Wave Aquaculture, aims to not only bring quality RAS-produced rainbow trout to discerning Indian consumers, but also provide a model to catalyse a new industry in his homeland.
Fish Welfare Initiative is offering $100,000 to a team who can develop and provide a publicly-available satellite-based system to monitor water quality in India’s carp ponds.
Dr Manoj Sharma is not only the pioneer of shrimp farming in Gujarat is but also credited with creating livelihoods for thousands of farmers who had been struggling to grow crops in the state’s salinised land.
The success of several projects that integrate mangrove restoration, water quality management and sustainable production practices is demonstrating potential pathways toward a more environmentally responsible shrimp farming industry.
Despite currently being temporarily reduced from 26 to 10 percent, the prospect of punitive tariffs on Indian shrimp imports to the US has created further issues for an industry already facing stiff competition from Ecuador.
Tulsi Haldar, a 65-year-old carp and shrimp farmer from West Bengal, remains committed to his profession, despite a string of setbacks and a debilitating illness.
Shrimp farming provides many livelihoods in Sundarbans, a region of river deltas in eastern India, but natural disasters, diseases and low prices are taking their toll.
A new generation is embracing aquaculture in India’s Bihar state, helped by several government schemes, but there’s room for improvement, according to the farmers.
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 a government.
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.
