Health & Welfare
Ecuador develops GIS-assisted alert system for shrimp farming
Geographic information systems provide analysis of spatial and temporal datasets in a cartographic form and allow database query and modeling at the same time.
Responsibility
Shrimp farming in Indonesia
In Indonesia, shrimp farming practices vary somewhat from region to region depending on the local conditions and financial pressures.
Innovation & Investment
Sustainable and profitable shrimp farming in Saudi Arabia
A team of engineers and specialists has built an intensive shrimp farm in Saudi Arabia, proving sustainability doesn’t have to adversely affect profitability.
Intelligence
Shrimp farming in New Caledonia
Shrimp farming in New Caledonia has an important economic impact, through exports and by providing jobs in rural areas.
Intelligence
Changing paradigms in shrimp farming, part 6
The final factor in developing a heterotrophic system is the amount of organic material being fed to a pond, and the carbon per nitrogen balance of that material.
Intelligence
Changing paradigms in shrimp farming, part 4
In high-density systems with zero water exchange, pond ecology shifts from an autotrophic, phytoplankton-based microbial community to a heterotrophic, bacterial-based community.
Intelligence
Changing paradigms in shrimp farming, part 3
Square-shaped and deep ponds may explain partially why Belize Aquaculture is able to produce a large amount of shrimp on a unit area basis.
Intelligence
Changing paradigms in shrimp farming, part 5
A zero-water-exchange strategy to produce shrimp reduces the effluents and sediments that would normally be released to the environment by a typical intensive shrimp farm.
Intelligence
Changing paradigms in shrimp farming, part 2
The focus at Belize Aquaculture Ltd. was to use clean animals that perform well at high densities and in waters with high nutrient loads.
Intelligence
Changing paradigms in shrimp farming, part 1
Conventional wisdom for farming white shrimp involves semi-intensive culture in large ponds, routine water exchange and reliance on wild broodstock.