Shrimp

Victoria Alday-Sanz, director of biosecurity and breeding programmes at Saudi Arabia's National Aqua Group (NAQUA), talks about the challenges of looking after 80,000 tonnes of fish and shrimp each year.

Ranching sea urchins, RAS shrimp production and land-based seaweed cultivation were among the ventures pitched to potential investors at Fish 2.0’s meeting in California this week.

How water quality management, low stocking densities and the use of specialised feeds can consign the use of antibiotics in shrimp farming to history.

Shweta Vakil, director of one of India's largest aquaculture companies, explains how her role involves working with hatcheries, farmers and the post-production sector to take shrimps “from farm to fork”.

Liris Maduningtyas, entrepreneur, shrimp farmer and CEO of Jala Tech, outlines how she plans to use data mining to improve shrimp health in Indonesia and beyond.

Dr Loc Tran, founder of ShrimpVet and one of the key researchers behind the discovery of the causes of EMS in shrimp, explains how he was prepared to risk the wrath of his mother to establish the Vietnam aquaculture industry’s first private diagnostic laborato…

Myanmar could produce as much shrimp as Vietnam and Thailand according to one of aquaculture’s most eminent academics.

Helen Jenkins, aquatic biosecurity liaison officer for Northern Australia, reflects on the challenges of tackling biosecurity in Australian prawn culture.