Crabs

After the UK included decapod crustaceans in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, pressure group Crustacean Compassion launched “The Snapshot”, the first assessment of welfare standards for crustaceans within the UK …

Battery designers have used chitosans derived from crustacean shells as a source of biodegradable electrolytes, unlocking the potential to create safer, cheaper and more sustainable batteries.

Singapore's Shiok Meats and Minh Phu Seafood have agreed to establish a R&D facility to advance the development of cell-cultured seafood after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 27 July.

Yit Tung – who farms mud crabs, shrimp and tilapia in Malaysia – has no regrets about swapping a steady job as an engineer in the oil and gas sector for starting up his own aquaculture venture, RAS Aquaculture.

Plant-based seafood maker Good Catch has announced a partnership with Ladle & Leaf restaurants to launch fish-free soups.

A new report from Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture shows that approximately 1,200 hectares of aquaculture area has been affected by diseases since the start of 2022, a 14 percent increase on the same period in 2021.

Anyone doubting the positive impact that academia can have on the development of the aquaculture industry should look at the example of Can Tho University in Vietnam – an institution that has been central to the meteoric…

The Indonesian government plans to create over 130 “aquaculture villages” in a bid to spur the post-pandemic economic recovery.

Some of the leading figures in Artemia research are planning to join forces and launch an International Artemia Aquaculture Consortium (IAAC) later this year.

William Dar, Agriculture Secretary for the Philippines, has led the inauguration of new multi-species hatchery and broodstock facilities in Iloilo.

Eleven aquaculture companies and projects from the Asia-Pacific region have joined the inaugural Hatch Innovation Studio Singapore this month.

A group of researchers in the Philippines is looking to develop and commercialise an app that helps farmers differentiate between three very closely connected crab species – a goal that could save the crab ranching secto…

Crab farmers in the Philippines have been thrown a lifeline after the government suspended an order that previously prevented them from catching and selling wild mangrove crabs for ongrowing.

A new environmental monitoring initiative that aims to support shrimp and crab aquaculture in mangrove forests has officially been launched in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province.

Mortalities experienced by a number of king crab farmers in the Philippines have been traced back to a batch of juveniles that were imported from Vietnam and turned out to be different species.

A pioneering method that uses aquaculture techniques to ensure the survival and optimum performance of horseshoe crabs that have harvested for use in the medical industry has successfully been tested and developed.

Fisheries for coldwater crab in Europe and North America are among the least sustainably managed for these species in the world.

A new bait made from saithe offcuts could help Norway’s snow crab fishery in the Barents Sea grow to 100,000 tonnes a year, according to new research.

Hairy crab can now be added to the list of species represented in the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program, following the certification of the Zhejiang Aoling Aquatic Seeding Technology farm…