Volume 10, Number 4 JULY/AUGUST 2014 MCI (P) 008/10/2013 ISBN 1793 -0561

From the editor

• With crisis, comes opportunity

Shrimp Culture

• A new model for shrimp production in Vietnam
  Carlos Massad, Marc Campet and Gustavo Pineda Mahr say that a model hyper intensive culture system shows promise
• Biofloc technology in shrimp farming: success and failure
  Poh Yong Tong reviews the use of biofloc and semi floc technology in shrimp farms in Indonesia
• Order of the Rising Sun
  Taiwan's I Chiu Liao honoured for bilateral exchanges in aquaculture
• Holistic approach to combat EMS/AHPND
  In the EMS story, it is all about managing the common pathogen in shrimp farming. By Corteel Mathias and Olivier Decamp

Fish Culture

• Snakeskin gourami in the Mekong
  Expansion will be through feeds specific for the species and improvements in hatchery techniques. By Nguyen Tan Duy Phong

Feed Technology

• Marine protein hydrolysates as shrimp immune modulators
  Mikael Herault, Emmerik Motte and Vincent Fournier show how functional feeds are part of the solution towards sustainable shrimp aquaculture
• Fishmeal and fish oil shortage: consider algae
  The road to sustainable feeds. By Alex Tsappis
• New Turkish feed company
  Joint venture to focus on feed efficiency, technical service and sustainability
• An improved frog feed industry
  Challenges in its farming in China, by Tang Xuemin, Ju Peng and Xiao Jianguang

Industrialisation

• Not all tilapia are created equal
  Premium tilapia production while building communities
• Biosecurity in aquaculture
  Part 1: International considerations. By Leonardo Galli, Don Griffiths, Pikul Jiravanichpaisal, Nattawadee Wattanapongchart, Oranun Wongsrirattanakul and Andrew Shinn
  
  

Industry Review - Catfish

• Vietnam's pangasius industry in 2014
  Within the next two years, Vietnam plans to maintain production volumes and improve product quality. By Zuridah Merican
• Rise and fall of Vietnam's pangasius in EU markets
  A market analysis on the influence of importers in its pricing and popularity. By José Fernandez Polanco

Marketing

• Certification bodies reduce duplication
  A collaboration on consumer labelling to reduce double auditing
• Working together for certification of shrimp
  Efforts of a shrimp processor and trader to improve shrimp aquaculture practices in Vietnam

Company News

• Launch of health services in Asia
• FIAAP, VICTAM and GRAPAS Asia 2014
• Hydrolysed feather meal/Phytogenic additives
• New appointments
• Control for shrimp disease/new drug approval

Events

• Indonesia Aquaculture 2014/TARS 2014
• Seafood Expo Asia
• Aquaculture Feed Extrusion, Nutrition and Feed Management