Health & Welfare
Realizing higher growth rates in commercially cultured shrimp has many important benefits, including reducing various risks, cutting costs and increasing economic opportunities. Shrimp genetics primarily determines the amount of additional growth that can be achieved, as shrimp typically reflect their parents’ growth rates.
Aquafeeds
Los métodos eficaces de manejo de los alimentos acuícolas son fundamentales para la producción eficiente de camarón cultivado y para minimizar el impacto ambiental. En la segunda parte de su serie, el Editor Emeritus Darryl Jory analiza la gestión de la alimentación de camarón en términos de aplicación, distribución, frecuencia, cálculos y prácticas de ajuste.
Aquafeeds
Los sistemas de producción de camarón y su manejo de alimentos deben ser considerados juntos. Esto requiere una comprensión de los aspectos biológicos de las especies objetivo y de su edad, del sistema de producción utilizado, de los procesos químicos y biológicos que controlan el agua y la calidad del fondo, y del monitoreo continuo del sistema y la retroalimentación para proporcionar insumos y ajustes apropiados y oportunos.
Aquafeeds
What started out as a simple yet ambitious contest to drive innovation in the aquafeed sector has evolved into a fully global competition – and collaboration – amongst ingredient suppliers and feed manufacturers.
Intelligence
The operators of Hudson Valley Fish Farm see their inland locale as a pilot to prove that land-based fish farming, located in close proximity to major metropolitan markets, can be successful.
Responsibility
There are similarities and differences between the various aquaculture certification programs but until recently there has been little publicly available analysis to document those points. Michael Tlusty, director of ocean sustainability science at the New England Aquarium, provided it at GOAL 2016.
Aquafeeds
Effective aquafeed management methods are critical for efficient production of farmed shrimp, and to minimize environmental impact. In the second part of his series, Editor Emeritus Darryl Jory looks at shrimp feed management in terms of application, distribution, frequency, calculations and adjustment practices.
Intelligence
Throughout the United States, a handful of aquaculture entrepreneurs are farming shrimp in indoor facilities. Selling their product is not the problem – securing funds to grow to commercial scale is. Start-ups and established farms share their tales of trial and error and why, against the odds, they’re sticking to it.
Intelligence
En esta última entrega de la extensa serie de tres partes de Hervé Lucien-Brun, el autor detalla los pasos finales en el proceso de llevar el camarón de cultivo al mercado. Aquí echamos un vistazo a los protocolos adecuados para recibir producto en la planta de procesamiento, para su pesaje, clasificación y congelación.
Health & Welfare
Shrimp postlarvae acclimation before stocking into the various growout systems (ponds, raceways, tanks) is a critical – and often overlooked, sometimes taken for granted – step in the shrimp culture process. Various water quality parameters should be changed slowly so that the young shrimp have the time to gradually adapt to the new conditions.
Intelligence
La cosecha de un cultivo de camarón es un paso crítico para cualquier empresa de cultivo de camarón. Varios meses de esfuerzos y recursos ya se han invertido para mejorar la calidad adecuadamente de esta cosecha, y esta calidad debe ser preservada. La decisión de cosechar implica la consideración de varios factores.
Intelligence
The GOAL 2016 global shrimp production survey showed a strong rebound in 2014 (up 10 percent to 4.18 MMT), followed by a decline in 2015 (down 5.4 percent) and another recovery forecast for the next three years. Global production is expected to reach around 4.44 MMT in 2018, barring a new disease crisis.
Intelligence
In this final installment of Hervé Lucien-Brun’s comprehensive three-part series, the author details the final steps in the process of taking farmed shrimp to the marketplace. Here we take a look at the proper protocols for receiving at the processing plant, weighing, grading and freezing.
Intelligence
The decision to harvest involves consideration of various factors, including market prices, customers’ need, biomass and condition of the animals and others. Several steps are involved, most aimed at maintaining maximum quality of the animals as they are harvested, sacrificed, treated and transported to the plant and processed and packed.
Health & Welfare
Some of the world’s top aquatic animal disease experts shared knowledge about mitigation techniques at the GOAL conference in Guangzhou, China. Topics included sea lice, streptococcus and EHP, which was referred to as the “most insidious” disease impacting shrimp production.
Intelligence
Harvesting a crop of shrimp is a critical step for any shrimp farming venture. Several months of efforts and resources to properly raise a quality crop have already been invested, and this quality must be preserved. The decision to harvest involves consideration of various factors.