A shrimp expert based in the country reckons China's production could be just 400,000t; if so, what does that mean for the global shrimp industry? Continue reading
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Ecuador ready to challenge global shrimp industry with sustainability metrics
Ecuador is challenging the shrimp farming industries of India and Southeast Asia to clean up their acts by attempting to market differentiated products Continue reading
Omarsa CEO questions theory low shrimp prices down to oversupply
Omarsa CEO Sandro Coglitore doesn’t believe claims that the shrimp industry is facing an oversupply situation. He puts a price lull down to disruptive forces from traders Continue reading
Clarification: Shrimp disease SHIV detected in China, Thailand, but not Vietnam
Scientists are undertaking surveillance efforts to track the spread of the shrimp hemocyte iridescent virus in Asia
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New ‘killer’ shrimp virus threat in China as production drops
Various diseases and viruses have hit China’s shrimp production over the past few years, but there is another 'killer' one spreading Continue reading
Anti-EMS tech firm close to market launch on salmon, tilapia treatments
Fixed Phage – which works with industry partners to create bacteria-killing products for aquaculture – in talks with several big names over treatments for number of species Continue reading
Benchmark starts trials of disease-resistant shrimp in Southeast Asia
UK aquaculture technology group Benchmark says specific pathogen resistant shrimp acquired through a company it purchased in Colombia can solve key illness issues Continue reading
Ecuador shrimp industry’s breakneck growth rate to slow on larvae setback
Ecuador’s shrimp industry, which will break an export record in 2016, might see a slowdown next year on a vibrio-related outbreak that has reduced larvae supply Continue reading
Granjas Marinas ready to expand ‘solar shrimp’ model in Honduras
Grupo Granjas Marinas has enjoyed continued success to rethinking shrimp farming methods in the face of significant industry challenges and plans to expand the model Continue reading
Thai shrimp sector turns corner, but fresh challenges await
Industry may have disease under control for now, but faces new obstacles in the shape of Chinese competition, high raw material prices and potential overproduction Continue reading