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Domestic market for farmed shrimp in Brazil
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/domestic-market-for-farmed-shrimp-in-brazil/…use of best management practices and biosecurity measures, than to the expansion of traditional shrimp-farming areas. Still, average annual per-capita shrimp consumption in Brazil is just 0.6 kg. However, considering…
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Shrimp farming in Brazil
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/shrimp-farming-in-brazil/…respectively, in 2003 (Fig. 1). Fig. 1: Performance of the Brazilian shrimp-farming industry, 1998-2008. Environmental sustainability Throughout the years, Brazilian marine shrimp farming has used sound management practices based on…
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Brazilian aquaculture: Constraints and challenges (Part 2)
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/brazilian-aquaculture-constraints-and-challenges-part-2/…areas. Aquafeeds in Brazil Animal production in Brazil consumed 67 million MT of feed in 2014. The Brazilian Union of Animal Feed Manufacturers (SINDIRACOES) estimated a production of 806,000 MT…
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Brazil’s inland aquaculture
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/brazils-inland-aquaculture/…of freshwater aquaculture products annually, a third of the inland aquaculture total. This area is followed in product volume by northeastern Brazil (35,000 MT), midwestern Brazil (33,000 MT), southeastern Brazil…
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Feeding tray technique improves shrimp feed management in Brazil
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/feeding-tray-technique-improves-shrimp-feed-management-in-brazil/…Brazil, farmers feed the shrimp only during daytime, since in the dark it is difficult to determine the amount of feed left in trays. The time interval given between feeding…
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Brazilian aquaculture: Constraints and challenges (Part 1)
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/brazilian-aquaculture-constraints-and-challenges-part-1/…were cultured in Brazil in 2014. The Brazilian Association of Shrimp Farmers (ABCC) recorded that 90,000 MT of marine shrimp were cultured in the same year. A recent survey by…
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New Infectious Myonecrosis Virus variant linked with recent disease outbreaks in Pacific white shrimp in Brazil
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/new-infectious-myonecrosis-virus-variant-linked-with-recent-disease-outbreaks-in-pacific-white-shrimp-in-brazil/…of diseased broodstock, larvae and commodity shrimp. https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/brazil-study-beta-glucans-improve-survival-imnv-infected-white-shrimp/ Prior to the emergence and subsequent spread of IMNV, many viral shrimp pathogens spread around the world. The emergence of IMNV in…
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Brazilian shrimp farmers eye new horizons
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/brazilian-shrimp-farmers-eye-new-horizons/…exist and the Brazilian shrimp producer may once again look to the United States as a potential export market without any barriers. It is worth noting that the Brazilian shrimp…
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Tilapia cage farm management in Brazil
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/tilapia-cage-farm-management-brazil/…large operations, this procedure can be mechanized. Feeds, feeding Cage-farmed tilapia in Brazil receive only extruded diets. Feed protein content, pellet size and suggested feeding rates may vary according to…
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An inverted management strategy allowing limited fishing of endangered marine fish species in marine protected areas
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/an-inverted-management-strategy-allowing-limited-fishing-of-endangered-marine-fish-species-in-marine-protected-areas/…presents caveats and recommendations for the implementation of inverted management considering the regional context (Brazil), and projects its applicability to other low and lower-middle-income countries. Fig. 1: Brazilian endemic parrotfishes…
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Feed management improves profits in intensive white shrimp farming
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/feed-management-improves-profits-intensive-white-shrimp-farming/…50 percent of the operational cost of shrimp farming comes from the aquafeed used. Feed management faces several huge challenges. The shrimp feed sinks to pond bottoms, and feeding adequacy…
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Freshwater prawn farming in Brazil
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/freshwater-prawn-farming-in-brazil-2/…tilapia or marine shrimp are commonly used, while two companies market freshwater prawn diets. Farm-made feeds are not common. Feed-conversion ratios (FCRs) run about 2.5:1. Recently, a farm using feed…
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Culture of Pacific white shrimp juveniles in super-intensive conditions
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/culture-of-pacific-white-shrimp-juveniles-in-super-intensive-conditions/…all trials, shrimp were fed commercial feeds made in Brazil. In crops 1 and 2, feed was delivered four times a day, exclusively in feeding trays with an area of…
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The proper management of commercial shrimp feeds, part 1
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/the-proper-management-of-commercial-shrimp-feeds-part-1/…water and bottom, feed handling and storage, feed application method and feeding regime. The best shrimp feed in the world will yield meager results if it is not handled, stored…
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Brazil study: Beta-glucans improve survival of IMNV-infected white shrimp
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/brazil-study-beta-glucans-improve-survival-imnv-infected-white-shrimp/…Shrimp growth and survival of juvenile L. vannamei orally challenged with IMNV were evaluated in 20 circular, 500-l polypropylene tanks stocked with 57 shrimp/tank (100 shrimp per square meter). Shrimp…
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Chitralada tilapia perform well in small cages in Brazil
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/chitralada-tilapia-perform-well-in-small-cages-in-brazil/…São Paulo, Brazil. Feed trial Feeds and feeding The tilapia were fed from fry size in earthen ponds to harvest in cages with local commercial feeds. The investigation was composed…
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Freshwater prawn farming in Brazil
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/freshwater-prawn-farming-in-brazil/…Annual production of M. rosenbergii in Brazil. Production status At present, M. rosenbergii is the only species commercially farmed in Brazil. Climatic conditions are suitable for production all year, except…
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Feed formulations affect shrimp flavor, texture
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/feed-formulations-affect-shrimp-flavor-texture/…One treatment received a conventional, fish-included feed with no solids management (CF), another received a conventional feed with solids management (CF-S), a third treatment had fish-free feed with no solids…