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Processing and diet size affect feed pellet quality, performance
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/processing-and-diet-size-affect-feed-pellet-quality-performance/…aquaria. Experimental setup Stocking density was 12 shrimp per aquarium for 1-g shrimp, 9 shrimp per aquarium for 7-gram shrimp, and six shrimp per aquarium for 13-gram shrimp. The shrimp…
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Benefits of a microbially dominated intensive shrimp production system
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/benefits-of-a-microbially-dominated-intensive-shrimp-production-system/…growth 172 percent over growth rates of shrimp without access to PBF backwash, despite shrimp in both treatments receiving a commercial shrimp feed ad libitum. This study indicates that bead…
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A holistic management approach to EMS
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/a-holistic-management-approach-to-ems/Increased knowledge and novel strategies helping shrimp farmers manage the disease An important EMS management strategy is to deny favorable substrates for the establishment and growth of populations of V….
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Digestibility enhancer can offset cholesterol content in shrimp feed
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/digestibility-enhancer-can-offset-cholesterol-content-shrimp-feed/…matter) 11.9 11.1 -7% Table 2. Feed formulations for traditional feed and novel feed with a digestibility enhancer for white shrimp (trial 3). Coutteau, Growth performance of white shrimp fed…
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Natural strategies to improve growth and health of farmed shrimp
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/natural-strategies-growth-health-farmed-shrimp/…In fact, the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum improves gene expression and immune responses in the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) when combined in its diet. Specifically, L. plantarum improves the…
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Current production, challenges and the future of shrimp farming
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/current-production-challenges-and-the-future-of-shrimp-farming/…feeds (targeting seasons, stress, immunomodulation and others), with improved delivery/management of feeds including precision feeding and automated feeding systems, which are quickly gaining much popularity as their numerous benefits are…
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Dissolved salts in water for inland, low-salinity shrimp culture
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/dissolved-salts-in-water-for-inland-low-salinity-shrimp-culture/Shrimp have difficulty molting if total alkalinity is less than 50 milligrams per liter Inland shrimp culture represents about 30 percent of Thailand’s national production. Ecuador, Brazil, the United States,…
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Current status of IHHNV infection in Peru’s and Ecuador’s shrimp industries
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/current-status-of-ihhnv-infection-in-perus-and-ecuadors-shrimp-industries/…shrimp populations that are being raised in the Ecuadorian shrimp industry. Currently, in Latin America, most shrimp have been raised under conditions where IHHNV is endemic, and the use of…
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Fisheries in Focus: What is the Fisheries Management Index and what does it say about U.S. fisheries?
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/fisheries-in-focus-what-is-the-fisheries-management-index-and-what-does-it-say-about-u-s-fisheries/…the management regime as a whole: Enter the Fisheries Management Index (FMI), a metric based on five dimensions of fisheries management: Stock status, research, management response, enforcement and socioeconomics. The…
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Quantifying the contribution of natural productivity in biofloc systems to shrimp growth
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/quantifying-the-contribution-of-natural-productivity-in-biofloc-systems-to-shrimp-growth/…has indicated that high feed volumes broken into more feedings per day leads to more efficient feed conversion as compared to the same feed amounts in fewer feedings per day….
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Maximize feed efficiency through proper protein management
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/maximize-feed-efficiency-through-proper-protein-management/…harvest weight, one must also consider the effect of feed intake. Proper management Proper feed management is as important as feed formulation in promoting adequate shrimp growth while reducing waste…
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Best management practices for salmon feeds
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/best-management-practices-for-salmon-feeds/…BMPs cover feeding practices that include the amount, frequency, and delivery of feed; pellet size selection; feed storage and handling; and feedback systems in pens that detect uneaten feed that…
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Shrimp product diversification in Japan and the United States during the 1990s
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/shrimp-product-diversification-in-japan-and-the-united-states-during-the-1990s/…each type of shrimp product by its share in the combined exports of shrimps of the top-10 shrimp exporting countries. Japanese shrimp market In 1996, total shrimp imports to Japan…
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Can dietary inclusion of montmorillonite clay help mitigate the farmed shrimp AHPND pandemic?
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/can-dietary-inclusion-of-montmorillonite-clay-help-mitigate-the-farmed-shrimp-ahpnd-pandemic/…challenge Four practical diets were produced using a commercial shrimp post-larval feed (Post Larva II crumbles #902, Gold Coin Specialities Ltd., Malaysia) as the base formulation. The commercial shrimp feed…
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Shrimp feeds and feeding regimes in zero-exchange outdoor tanks
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/shrimp-feeds-and-feeding-regimes-in-zero-exchange-outdoor-tanks/…day feedings; uncovered Night Feed – OI shrimp feed; night feedings; uncovered Day and Night Feed – OI shrimp feed; day and night feedings; uncovered Day Feed With Cover –…
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Brazilian researchers examine amino acids in Nile tilapia diets
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/brazilian-research-examines-amino-acids-nile-tilapia-diets/…important role in the economy of many Brazilian regions over the past two decades. The ongoing study of tilapia nutrition and feeding has been the focus of many research groups,…
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Tropical-Sponsored Operation Is Brazil’s First To Enroll In iBAP
https://www.globalseafood.org/blog/tropical-sponsored-operation-brazils-first-enroll-ibap/…and Vietnam) and four species (shrimp, pangasius, tilapia and trout) as well as aquaculture feed. Launched almost a year ago, the iBAP program is designed to provide assistance and encouragement…
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Brazil survey: Animal welfare perspectives vary between producers, researchers
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/brazil-survey-animal-welfare-perspectives-vary-between-producers-researchers/…authors performed a study to identify how different groups (producers and researchers) within the production chain of Brazilian aquaculture described and evaluated the concept of animal welfare applied to fish…