Shrimp

A new “fish-free” feed formulation holds promise for helping vannamei shrimp resist early mortality syndrome.

White spot disease has been discovered at two shrimp farms in Queensland, prompting fears for the state’s entire shrimp sector.

BioMar and Viet-UC, Vietnam’s leading shrimp hatchery, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the intention of jointly owning and operating a new shrimp feed factory.

The cascading effect of the coronavirus pandemic have had a striking impact on marine trade in India – aquaculturists have been losing their livelihoods, and experts are expecting more disruption to come

The salmon and shrimp sectors have been affected very differently by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Gorjan Nikolik, senior seafood analyst at Rabobank.

An outbreak of decapod iridescent virus 1 (Div1) has broken out in the Chinese province of Guangdong, putting many shrimp farmers’ livelihoods at risks.

Nearly 90 percent of the soybean meal (SBM) used in shrimp diets could be replaced by the comparatively cheap cottonseed meal (CSM) without adversely impacting shrimp performance.

Giant river prawn production is substantially more efficient if waterthyme is added to the system, according to new research.

Insights into some of the most progressive aquaculture producers are now accessible to the public thanks to a new initiative by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP).

The reasons why shrimp are denied access to the US market raises serious questions about both food safety and food waste.

The first super-intensive indoor shrimp farm in Qatar is being constructed by Blue Aqua International and ITQAN.

The ASC’s Shrimp Standard has been officially endorsed by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI), one of the world's leading seafood industry benchmarks.

The lucrative Chinese shrimp market is set to show signs of recovery soon, according to Ecuadorian officials, now that the national holiday has drawn to a close.

A new tool incorporating the latest advancements in genetic marker information for whiteleg (vannamei) shrimp has been launched this week.

Benchmark has targeted raising £43 million in order to scale up and speed up the commercialisation of its novel sea lice treatment system CleanTreat.

The value of using certain strains of probiotics in vannamei shrimp production has been confirmed by a new study in Iran.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already making huge improvements to the efficiency and sustainability of global aquaculture, as this practical guide to some of the best systems currently available shows.

Including low levels of lupin seed meal in the diets of shrimp can stimulate their immune systems.

Officials in Vietnam have announced plans to regulate the levels of the preservative ethoxyquin in aquafeeds, in order to maintain its significant aquaculture exports to the EU.

Two months after its last report on the global animal protein production sector, Rabobank’s Gorjan Nikolik offers The Fish Site some revised thoughts on the recent performance of the fishmeal, salmon and shrimp sectors a…