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Improving the health and Fusarium resistance of Pacific white shrimp through dietary supplementation
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/improving-the-health-and-fusarium-resistance-of-pacific-white-shrimp-through-dietary-supplementation/…The Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) is the most significant shrimp species farmed in most shrimp farming countries, including Egypt. Among various diseases that affect this species under culture conditions…
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High-density shrimp producer wins innovation award
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/high-density-shrimp-producer-wins-innovation-award/Camanor director to speak at GOAL conference A worker feeds shrimp at the land-based aquaculture facility in Natal, Brazil, called AquaScience. Operated by Camanor Produtos Marinhos Ltda., the farm has…
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Clove oil, eugenol effective anesthetics for silver catfish
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/clove-oil-eugenol-effective-anesthetics-for-silver-catfish-other-brazilian-species/Method also useful for other Brazilian species Eugenol is an effective anesthetic for silver catfish, a species widely grown in Brazil. Clove oil and its major compound, eugenol – which…
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Dietary threonine factor in tilapia fillet yield
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/dietary-threonine-factor-in-tilapia-fillet-yield/Can be used to maximize fish growth, feed efficiency, meat production Involved in protein synthesis, dietary threonine has a high influence on fish growth and fillet yield. Tilapia culture has…
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White tail disease in shrimp mimics infectious myonecrosis
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/white-tail-disease-in-shrimp-mimics-infectious-myonecrosis/IMN first appeared in Brazil in 2002 These juvenile Penaeus vannamei exhibit muscle necrosis, especially in the abdomen, due to infection by PvNV. The top shrimp shows severe generalized necrosis…
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Tilapia: A truly global aquaculture industry
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/tilapia-a-truly-global-aquaculture-industry/…raceways such as this one in Valencia. Ecuador is well-known as a shrimp producer, but with the decimation of its shrimp industry by White Spot Syndrome Virus, large corporations such…
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Comparing salinities in intensive, commercial-scale biofloc for Pacific white shrimp
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/comparing-salinities-in-intensive-commercial-scale-biofloc-for-pacific-white-shrimp/…feed could be found in the raceways 30 minutes prior to each feeding. Each raceway received the same amount of feed at every feeding. Shrimp weights were estimated once per…
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History of shrimp farming
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/history-of-shrimp-farming/Summarized from The Shrimp Book Aerial view of intensive shrimp ponds in Taiwan. Photo courtesy of Dr. I. Chiu Liao. Shrimp farming is a young and dynamic business with a…
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Changing paradigms in shrimp farming, part 1
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/changing-paradigms-in-shrimp-farming-part-1/…rates exceeding 1.0 gram per week. This strategy results in one kilogram of shrimp being produced for every 0.6 kg of menhaden used in shrimp feeds. Economics Fig. 4: Feed…
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India’s shrimp industry adapts to COVID-19 restrictions
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/indias-shrimp-industry-adapts-to-covid-19-restrictions/…30 feed companies manufactured shrimp feed and produced around 1.2 million MT annually. During the first quarter of 2020, approximately 350,000 MT of shrimp feed were produced, but the output…
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Advances in tilapia nutrition, part 2
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/advances-in-tilapia-nutrition-part-2/…future for fish nutritionists to improve the immune effects of commercial feeds. Feeding strategies Fig. 3 shows a feeding program suggested for tilapia farmed in cages in Brazil. Fry are…
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Comparing microalgae-blend diets to reference diet for Nile tilapia
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/comparing-microalgae-blend-diets-to-reference-diet-for-nile-tilapia/…fish-free feed. Perspectives Our results provide a framework for the development of fish-free feeds and the first evidence of a high performing feed for tilapia that combines two different marine…
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Advances in tilapia broodstock management
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/advances-in-tilapia-broodstock-management/…conditioning hapa, and fed high-quality feed after a spawning opportunity of five to seven days. This method improves seed productivity as well as spawning synchrony. Broodstock nutrition and feeding High…
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GOAL 2017: Global shrimp production review and forecast
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/goal-2017-shrimp-production-survey/…of the domestic Chinese market, which prefers green shrimp. Production in Latin America continues to be oriented towards green shrimp. Head-on shrimp has become the dominant product form over head-off…
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Enhanced biodiversity of gut flora, feed efficiency in Nile tilapia under reduced-frequency feeding
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/enhanced-biodiversity-of-gut-flora-feed-efficiency-in-nile-tilapia-under-reduced-frequency-feeding/Feeding tilapia on alternate days with weekly pond fertilization improves feed efficiency, net returns This study evaluated the effects of reduced-feeding strategies on pond cultured Nile tilapia. Results showed improved…
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The indoor farmed shrimp business: fascinating, frustrating
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/the-indoor-farmed-shrimp-business-fascinating-frustrating/…and the shrimp started to die.” Dairyland was forced to shut down operations earlier this year after growing Pacific white shrimp since 2013. “We quit raising shrimp because we found…
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Alfalfa concentrate: natural shrimp color enhancer
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/alfalfa-concentrate-natural-shrimp-color-enhancer/…the hepatopancreas and epidermis of sampled shrimp. Results also showed that the cultured blue shrimp fed pellets supplemented with alfalfa concentrate absorbed the pigment in the feed well. These shrimp…
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Potential of genetic selection for shrimp carcass, meat traits
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/potential-of-genetic-selection-for-shrimp-carcass-meat-traits/…density of 100 shrimp per square meter. The shrimp had previously been subjected to genetic selection for growth rate for six generations. At harvest, about 2,700 shrimp were individually weighed,…