Shrimp

Indonesia has announced plans to bring over 300,000 hectares former shrimp farming ponds back into production, in a bid to improve its seafood yields without resorting to further deforestation of the country’s mangroves.…

Ralf Onken, head of software development at FAI, explains how working with shrimp producers to manage key performance and sustainability metrics can improve transparency and accountability in the sector.

George Chamberlain, president of the Global Aquaculture Alliance, looks back on over two decades of promoting best practice in, and busting-myths about, the global shrimp farming sector.

A new diagnostic test that could improve the revenue of shrimp farmers by $67,000 per hectare has been developed by CSIRO.

A tool to "minimise environmental and occupational health risks associated with the use of probiotics in shrimp farming", is being developed by experts at the University of Stirling who are working with senior industry, …

Marcela Salazar, Benchmark’s shrimp production manager and one of the pioneers of shrimp genetics, explains how shrimp breeding programmes have evolved and are likely to be heading.

Aiming for a greater share of the domestic market, and to bring sustainable practices into the industry’s foreground, shrimp producer Russkaya Krevetka is hoping to start a Russian aquaculture revolution.

Andy Shinn, director of Fish Vet Group Asia, and a world renowned expert on aquatic parasites, believes that the shrimp sector can do more to limit the impact of those disease challenges that form the sector’s largest co…

Nonglak “Anne” Thaisin, founder and CEO of Quality Farm, has been producing vannamei shrimp in Thailand for 27 years. Here she explains how adaptability and the development of new production systems, as well as new feeds…

Expert insights into the key challenges and opportunities in shrimp aquaculture are offered in a new thought leadership magazine, published today.

Natural Shrimp, which has developed and patented a unique recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) for shrimp and other species, announced today that it has raised $1 million in funding.

Minnowtech, an aquaculture technology company that enables farmers to assess shrimp abundance for optimising feed and harvest, announced today the closing of a $600,000 seed financing round.

VakSea, which bio-manufactures functional feed additives for fish and shrimp, has won the won the AquaSG ‘19 conference Aquaculture Innovation Challenge.

A co-operative of small-scale shrimp producers in Vietnam has achieved ASC certification, in a move that will grant them access to lucrative markets in Scandinavia.

Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has signed an agreement with Umitron, Japan's leading technology start-up for aquaculture, in a bid to improve the sustainability of Thailand's shrimp farming industry.

Hatch, the aquaculture technology investment firm, has made “one of the most comprehensive data sets on shrimp farming technology to date” available to the public today.

Many traditional farmers in West Bengal have diversified into shrimp aquaculture. But while it has made some farmers rich, others have found it has put their livelihoods – and perhaps even their lives – at risk.

A patented shrimp production system designed for use in in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) may increase shrimp survival rates compared to the use of bioflocs, according to a new report.

Charoean Pokphand Foods (CP Foods), a leading shrimp producer and exporter, received high scores in supply chain stewardship and human rights working conditions on the Seafood Stewardship Index (SSI), a leading sustainab…

Iranian officials say that the country’s aquaculture output is likely to exceed 1.25 million tonnes in the 12 months up to March 2020 – a figure very similar to that of Norway.