Posts Tagged ‘Shrimp’
Indian shrimp farmers accused of major human rights violations
India’s extensive shrimp farming industry has been accused, in a new report, of large scale human rights abuses and unacceptable employment practices. The report has been published by the international human and labour rights organisation, Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL). It has carried out a three year long investigation into India’s multi-billion dollar shrimp aquaculture industry…
Read MoreA tricky spot
A new report appears to have found a dangerous gap in shrimp disease testing The standard test applied to detect a devastating disease in farmed shrimp falls dangerously short of what is required, according to a study carried out by researchers in Australia. White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a pathogen that can cause huge…
Read MoreSector set for growth
Rabobank’s look ahead to 2024 suggests better days are coming for aquaculture producers, reports Vince McDonagh After a turbulent 2023, the aquaculture industry – and the salmon sector in particular – looks set to rebound next year, according to a report based on input from producers worldwide. What to expect in aquaculture in 2024, the…
Read MoreSalmon rides high as shrimp producers struggle, Rabobank says
Salmon will hold on to its position as the most profitable sector in aquaculture through 2024, while shrimp farmers are set to face continuing challenges. That’s the prediction in the latest Global Aquaculture Update from Netherlands-based Rabobank. Subtitled “The new normal”, the forecast for H1 2024 says the global salmon industry will continue to be…
Read MoreItalians turning to salmon – that’s amore!
Italy is falling in love with salmon in a big way, says the Norwegian Seafood Council. Export figures show that the country has been leading the way in terms of growing demand in the run up to Christmas. Measured in euros, Italy is now the third largest growth market after Poland and Denmark, Europe’s two…
Read MoreInnovation award for University of Stirling researcher
University of Stirling postdoctoral researcher Simão Zacarias has been named as the winner of the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Innovation Award for 2020. Zacarias edged out two other finalists — Pablo Berner of Nuseed and Mark Luecke of Prairie AquaTech — to win the competition, which was sponsored by Lineage Logistics. All three finalists were featured…
Read MoreMeal is the real deal
RedMeal is a whole Haematococcus pluvialis meal rich in Astaxanthin and is a great source of energy, proteins, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, vitamins, nucleotides, and minerals. It provides pigmentation plus a wide range of science-backed benefits such as improving egg quality, increasing reproduction and growth rates, enhancing the immune system and overall health due to…
Read MoreDeadly new virus threatening Chinese shrimp farms
A DEADLY new virus is re-emerging in China, the first country hit by Covid 19 – but this time it is threatening to decimate many of the country’s shrimp farms. Known as known as Decapod iridescent virus 1, it has infected up to a quarter of the shrimp farms in Guangdong province, the heart of…
Read MorePlans to create new Qatar shrimp farm revealed
QATAR has unveiled a plan to build a shrimp farm that could eventually become one of the largest in the world, with the multi-million dollar contract going to Texas based Global Blue Technologies, which specialises in the design and building of RAS systems and to UAE systems integrators ITQAN. The first phase of the multi-million-dollar…
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