By: Ph.D. Stephen G. Newman* The global shrimp farming community has seen significant growth over the last three decades, with more than 5 million MTs being produced annually in 2022-2023. Currently, Ecuadorian shrimp farms are 52 producing around 25% of this total and are doing so at a lower cost […]
Monthly Archives: January 2024
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By: Jan Eric Haagensen, Senior Director, Scandinavia, Moleaer Inc. A Norwegian fish farm achieved substantially lower CO2 emissions as well as improved oxygenation levels during their delousing process by adopting nanobubble technology. Challenges in sea lice management and environmental impact Managing sea lice in ocean aquaculture systems presents a significant […]
By: Sarah Cornelisse* What would you consider as a crisis for your business? Mislabeled product? A product recall? An employee injury? Death of an employee or customer? A claim regarding health or nutrition lacking scientific backing? A crisis can take many forms. When it comes to crisis management, social media […]
By: Aquaculture Magazine Editorial Team International company Skretting and Indian startup ViAqua are working on their first product together: an edible RNA substance that can be put into microcapsules – so tiny they can’t even be seen with the naked eye – and help shrimp cope with challenges linked to […]
By: Aquaculture Magazine Editorial Team The Swiss-Dutch company DSM-Firmenich recently launched a marine fish module for Sustell, extending to the aquaculture producers of sea bass and sea bream the benefits of the project created in 2022 with leading salmon producer Bakkafrost as a development cooperation partner. With Sustell, the leading […]
By: Antonio Garza de Yta, Ph.D.* In the last edition, we discussed the three key issues for the development of open water aquaculture: technology, investment and operating costs, as well as the market. Today, we will discuss some factors to consider and/or strategies we can adopt to boost mariculture globally. […]
By: Aquaculture Magazine Editorial Team* In intensive shrimp culture, oxygen consumption of shrimp is an important indicator that greatly affects the physiological condition of shrimp as a reared organism. Here the results of a research that aimed to dynamically determine the oxygen consumption of shrimp in intensive culture as well […]
Following the success of the 2023’s edition held in Melbourne, the Australian conference chairs and advisory board members launched Aqua Farm 2024, the International Conference and Exhibition on Aquaculture that will be celebrated on May, from 14 to 17th. This event will take place at the Sea World Resort, Gold […]
On last December, the collaborative efforts of 18 leading partners representing diverse industries, research and development, and technology sectors across nine members of the European Union (EU) converged in Oslo, Norway, for the MICROORC kick-off meeting. Horizon Europe Project MICROORC will develop emerging technologies such as dynamic shelf-life labeling and […]
By: Aquaculture Magazine Editorial Team* The importance of the size of white leg shrimp has been previously reported, where a strong correlation was found between size and metabolome data. Here we present a metabolomics approach to elucidate the importance of count size in commercial penaeid shrimps: white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus […]