What sounds like a terrible idea – farming tropical shrimp in chilly northern Germany – is exactly what HanseGarnelen is turning into a high-tech, almost-zero-carbon showcase for “German shrimp”.
Sustainable Shrimp Farming in India is helping smallholders in Andhra Pradesh improve shrimp welfare – and their own livelihoods – through a variety of simple, yet effective, interventions.
In a sector where no two farms look alike, Wittaya’s modelling tools promise a common language for benchmarking performance, from shrimp ponds to salmon cages.
The production of natural algal astaxanthin – at a scale and price that make it an affordable aquafeed ingredient – is tantalisingly close, according to Claude Kaplan, CEO of Kuehnle Agro Systems (KAS)*.
BarAlgae, a producer of microalgal hatchery feeds for shrimp, fish and shellfish, aims to expand globally by setting up microalgae facilities in major aquaculture hubs.
According to the managers involved, a new technology being tested in Qingdao could represent one of the most significant shifts in shrimp production in years: inflatable air dome farming systems.
Although global aquaculture growth is forecast to slow down in 2026 after a year of exceptional increases for salmon and impressive results from many nations’ shrimp and tilapia sectors, there’s cause for cautious optimism for the year ahead.
