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Aquaculture technology specialist Ace Aquatec has developed a humane stunner for farmed prawns, to allow farmers to carry out cruelty-free slaughter. The portable Humane Stunner Universal (A-HSU) for prawns was […] Continue Reading
Water quality control, fish slaughter practices and welfare for shrimp broodstocks are among the issues in proposed changes to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s Farm Standard. The ASC is consulting on […] Continue Reading
Hard times are hitting consumer demand for farmed shrimp, but demand for salmon is set to remain resilient in the first half of this year. That’s the prediction from Netherlands-based […] Continue Reading
The Cooke Seafood group, one of the world’s largest salmon farming companies, has acquired Morubel NV the leading shrimp and prawn processor in Western Europe. Belgium based Morubel cultivates, processes, […] Continue Reading
There are an eye-popping number of shrimp ponds dotting the globe. According to Dr. Claude Boyd of Auburn University, there are between 1.75 million and 2.25 million hectares of ponds […] Continue Reading
Plans to build the world’s largest shrimp farm in Australia’s Northern Territory have been put on hold. Seafarms unveiled Project Sea Dragon more than four years ago and last summer […] Continue Reading
Plans for a new land-based shrimp farm in France have taken a big step forward after the company behind the project announced it has secured almost €5m (£4.2m) in funding. […] Continue Reading
“Blue is the new green”: interior designers might not agree, but that is the theme of an online seminar being hosted by feed additives group Adisseo, on Tuesday 23 November. […] Continue Reading
Great British Prawns, the UK’s first producer of sustainable land based and clean water prawns, has gone into administration. The pioneering company has blamed a fall in demand caused by […] Continue Reading