Crustaceans

Low-input culture practices have been developed for freshwater prawns to effectively manage their growth and biological characteristics. With low nutritional requirements for long-chain fatty acids, the prawns can be grown on diets with no fishmeal or fish oil…

Shrimp supply squeeze from bad weather and production problems keep prices high but new season will bring relief. No crisis for imported shellfish and canned molluscs in European markets, according to the FAO Global Food Outloook.

Resarch from Iowa State University has shown that highly targeted dsRNA can be effective treatment of Infectious Myonecrosis Virus in shrimps.

Research at the University of Iowa looks at methods to protect the Pacific white shrimp against white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). Double stranded RNA was synthesized in vitro withsequences corresponding to portions of the WSSV genomeand were injected into shri…

The increasing atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are making the oceans more acidic, according to a European research report.

The shrimp market is on the rise despite the difficult global economic situation, reports the FAO's Globefish.