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
Severe white feces, EHP issues force Asian shrimp farmers to harvest small sizes
A panel acknowledged that the combination had reduced survivability to as low as 30% and forced farmers in India, Thailand and Indonesia to harvest smaller shrimp this year
American Mariculture plots Florida land-based shrimp expansion
The shrimp farmer and broodstock supplier plans to build 24 new hurricane-proof greenhouses at its site in Florida as it pursues the niche domestic fresh shrimp sector
American Mariculture, Syaqua terminate shrimp broodstock agreement
Thailand's Syaqua, which previously exported broodstock to AMI's multiplication facility in Florida, may no longer claim any association with the US firm as of Sept. 1