India expects shrimp volume recovery in 2021, but just how big will it be?
Labor issues, COVID restrictions, and weak broodstock all contributed to a drop in Indian production in 2020, leaving the country's 2021 harvest volumes an open question
Broodstock genetics to help shrimp farmers improve survival, shorten cycles
Consultant Willem van der Pijl analyzes how the broodstock market developed in 2020, and forecasts supply developments in 2021 and beyond
UCN webinar breaks down 2021 global shrimp production outlook
Undercurrent News brought together experts from Thailand, India, Ecuador and Hong Kong to dissect the expectations each major shrimp producing country has for the year ahead
China’s shrimp farmers endure 30% survival rate, expert estimates
China's farmed shrimp production endures a low survival rate of 30% due to disease problems, estimated Jianguo He, a Chinese shrimp industry scientist
AquaGen signs $18m contract to expand land-based broodstock facility
Norwegian salmon genetics firm AquaGen signed an $18m deal with RAS supplier Artec Aqua to expand Profunda, its land-based broodstock facility in Orsta municipality
CP Foods targets 300,000 vannamei broodstock sales to China by 2023
CP Foods is targeting a 50% share of China’s market for imported vannamei shrimp broodstock within three years, after resuming normal sales to the country this month
Indian shrimp packers pin hopes on China, value-added US growth in 2021
Broodstock issues and supply shortages have kept Indian prices high for several months, and the first stocking is expected to begin in the next six-to-eight weeks
CP to build $150m shrimp farm in east China
The Charoen Pokphand Group has invested $150m to build a shrimp farm and hatchery in China's Zhejiang province
Benchmark slashes debts, finishes restructuring ahead of 2021 lice treatment launch
The UK aquaculture health firm has targeted the release of its next-generation sea lice treatment and CleanTreat system for the second quarter of 2021
Shrimp Insights: Broodstock data suggests Indian exports to match 2019 levels in Q4
India's shrimp export volumes exceeded 2019 levels for the first time in September, yet total exports have been down on last year by 12% to date, says Willem Van der Pijl