Volume 9, Number 2 March/April 2013 MICA (P) 008/10/2012 ISBN 1793 -0561
From the editor
- EMS-growing pains in shrimp farming
News
- Self-regulation against EMS
Thai shrimp industry come together in Suratthani
Shrimp Culture
- Successful production in semibiofloc in Indonesia
The Aquaculture Experience Farm's hybrid system gave an average output of 20 tonnes/ha. By Agus Saiful Huda, Junaedi Ispinanto,Fauzan Bahri and Olivier Decamp. - Out of season shrimp
Perspectives on vannamei shrimp farming in North Vietnam. By Zuridah Merican
Fish Culture
- An effective nutritional way to reduce skin parasites in amberjack and yellowtail
Serge Corneillie, Kei Nakayama and Midori Funaki show the effects of a feed additive.
Feed Technology
- Extrusion of fresh water fish feeds
Joe Kearns shows that this starts with species specific formulations and ends with dryers for precise final product specifications. - Formula optimisation
Formulation software with a new tool optimises new ingredients and additives. By Bruno Duranthon and Stephane Ralite - 2013 Global Feed Survey
Survey says that Asian production grew by 13% within a year
Industry Review
- Tilapia in Asia: more production in 2012
Product repositioning is required as it morphs from a food crop for the masses to that tailored for retail markets. - Tilapia in North Vietnam
In the Red River Delta of North Vietnam, the main farming system is polyculture with carps. - Marketing the 'Taiwan tilapia'
Peter Chiang describes the image building and branding for a fish treasured by industry.
Health Management
- Herbal therapy in fish farming
A long road but will lead to safer products and more sustainable aquaculture - Therapeutic alternatives in aquaculture: Phytotherapy, ethnobotany and fish pathology
Valorisation herbal therapy in fish health management in Indonesia by Domenico Caruso, Angela Maria Lusiastuti, Taukhid, Lili Sholisha, Jacques Slembrouck and Marc Legendre - The Nemo Project: four years on
Investigating the capabilities of beta-1,3/1,6-glucan and its application in aquaculture. - Korean aquaculture
Four decades of expansion, intensification and diversification, by Jeong-Yeol Lee developments.
Marketing
- Better market access for Bangladesh shrimp
A workshop on EU and US standards for aquatic products. - Rebuilding the industry in Indonesia
Iwan Sutanto on market challenges and increasing domestic consumption
Company News
- Purified enzyme against fumonisins & Book review
- Vision for Thai marine aquaculture
- Taiwan/India technology transfer & building an aqua health leader
- JV in shrimp farming in Thailand & Brazil as next seafood powerhouse
Events
- Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2013,Vietnam
- 4th Aquatech Aquaculture, Philippines