Shrimp

One of the world’s most ambitious indoor shrimp farming operations, NaturalShrimp, has revealed that it should be making a profit by the end of the year.

Satellite intelligence can help the shrimp farming industry reach renewable energy, mangrove restoration and carbon capture targets.

Singapore-based INSEACT recently opened the doors to its insect rearing facility in a ceremony attended by government representatives, investors and industry partners.

Plans to build a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) with the capacity to produce over 1,000 tonnes of shrimp annually in the UAE have been unveiled this week.

Recirculating aquaculture leader NaturalShrimp has found a 10-acre site in Florida for its new facility and is seeking $25 million in available grants for its land-based shrimp farm.

A pilot project, involving Thai Union and SeaWarden, in which satellite imaging has been used to monitor the sustainability of shrimp farms has shown promising results.

XpertSea has named Roxanne Nanninga its chief sustainability officer in a bid to reward responsible farming practices and bring more transparent, environmentally-conscious seafood to market.

The possibility of establishing a $10-20 million 10-year financing facility for sustainable aquaculture intensification in Asia, is being explored in a newly-launched project.

Noray Seafood, Spain’s pioneering land-based shrimp producer, has announced a €16 million investment to accelerate its expansion plans.

Australia has huge potential to growth its aquaculture sector – in particular through investment in offshore production, the development of recirculation systems, increasing production in the Northern Territory and devel…

The head of Saudi Arabia’s National Fisheries Development Program (NFDP) has reiterated his plans to attract over $4 billion of foreign and local investment into the country’s aquaculture sector.

Shrimp shells, plant extracts and recycled plastic have helped King Abdulla University of Science and Technology (KAUST) researchers build a sustainable thin-film composite membrane that could replace conventional membra…

India has suspended import duties on shrimp broodstock, aquafeed and feed ingredients like artemia, krill, mussels and squid in the latest round of budget negotiations for 2022, but some in the industry are wary of the m…

The global shrimp farming sector is likely to experience record increases in harvest volumes during the first half of 2022, while the salmon sector is likely to enjoy its highest prices since 2016.

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…

Vietnam’s shrimp exports to the US posted strong growth in 2021, surpassing the $1 billion mark for the first time.

Researchers have found that electrocoagulation (EC) can improve the performance of microscreen drum filters in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), giving producers the ability to increase biomass capacity in their s…

Indian aquaculture company Kings Infra Venture Ltd has harvested L. vannamei shrimps weighing 80 grams and measuring 210 mm, setting a new pond-production growth record for the species.

Scientists at the Philippines National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) have found a way to process shrimps’ heads into food powder, potentially creating a new income stream for the shrimp industry.

Indonesian aquatech start-up eFishery* today announced that it has successfully closed a US$90 million Series C funding round, making it the largest fundraise by an aquaculture technology startup in the world.