Shrimp

How a new breed of breeder is transforming US shrimp production
How a new breed of breeder is transforming US shrimp production

How American Penaeid rose from the rubble of two hurricanes to create a new model for shrimp production in the US.

Shrimp feed market demands spurring production equipment design
Shrimp feed market demands spurring production equipment design

Clextral gave us the low down on fish and shrimp feed production trends behind extrusion equipment innovation at the Cologne feed processing show, VICTAM

Hyper-drive: the pros and cons of intensive RAS production in the US
Hyper-drive: the pros and cons of intensive RAS production in the US

The hyper-intensive production of tropical species might be a hard sell in the US, but a handful of companies have developed systems that have made successful

UK-grown vannamei near market launch
UK-grown vannamei near market launch

Pioneering aquaculture company Great British Prawns has announced plans to grow over a million vannamei shrimp per cycle in a dairy farm in Scotland.

The godfather of shrimp probiotics
The godfather of shrimp probiotics

How a pioneering Australian scientist teamed up with one of the world’s most advanced aquaculture nutrition companies to defy conventional academic wisdom

Investment in feed, genetics research has role in advancing shrimp production
Investment in feed, genetics research has role in advancing shrimp production

Investing in feed research, production, market improvements and genetics could help develop and expand the current shrimp industry, says expert.

Cleaner shrimp – a newly minted alternative to parasite protection on fish farms
Cleaner shrimp – a newly minted alternative to parasite protection on fish…

Peppermint cleaner shrimp are showing potential as a natural alternative to conventional fish health treatments in aquaculture.

EMS is probably ‘an infectious disease’, says expert
EMS is probably ‘an infectious disease’, says expert

Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) is probably "an infectious disease" and not something from an environmental toxin, according to farmed shrimp expert Donald Light

Feed ingredient increases post-larval shrimp survival, weight gain
Feed ingredient increases post-larval shrimp survival, weight gain

Initial studies doubled post-larval survival rate and increased weight gain by 50 percent.

Europeans need a new shrimp narrative
Europeans need a new shrimp narrative

Consequently, and led by the two bastion species of the sector – black tigers (Penaeus monodon) and Pacific whites (Litopenaeus vannamei)

Shrimp farmers flock to data sharing project
Shrimp farmers flock to data sharing project

Over 150 Thai shrimp farmers have signed up to a new collaborative data collection and sharing project that has been launched in a bid to reduce the impact

Shrimp diseases - Dystrophy of muscle & hepatopancreas (Loose Shell Syndrome)
Shrimp diseases - Dystrophy of muscle & hepatopancreas (Loose Shell Syndrome)

Loose shell syndrome (LSS) of farmed shrimp has been reported from many parts of the world and is recognized as a major disease problem causing significant

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