Volume 12, Number 2 March/April 2016 MCI (P) 037/10/2015 ISBN 1793 - 056

From the editor

• Opportunities for aquaculture

News

• Aqua India 2016: Stakeholders' participation in shrimp aquaculture

Shrimp Culture

• Indian shrimp aquaculture : Strategies for sustainable growth
  To achieve projected growth, the shrimp hatchery and farming sector need more discipline and right strategies.
• Developing preventive feeding strategies to mitigate penaeid shrimp sensitivity to EMS
  The prevention of EMS most likely requires a multi-factorial approach. By Stephane Ralite, Mathieu Castex and Dorothée Gotz.
• H2S toxicity - the silent killer
  Soraphat Panakorn says it is time farmers realise that mortalities from hydrogen sulphide toxicity override that from other causes.
• Options for a recovery in shrimp production
  Industry leaders suggest more understanding on EMS and EHP to SPR broodstock, reports Zuridah Merican

Feed Technology

• Biocatalysis with an algae-clay feed additive paves the way for fish meal replacement in diets for the Nile tilapia
  Better growth performance of tilapia with 5% fish meal inclusions. By Maarten Jay van Schoonhoven, Marie Gallissot and Jintasataporn Orapint.
• Application of mannan oligosaccharides in fish meal and fish oil free diets
  This is to offset the negative impact of soybean meal and soybean oil as replacements. By Keith Filer
• 2016 Global Feed Survey
  2% increase in global feed tonnage
• Efficacy of dietary organic acids as an alternative to antibiotics in tilapia farming
  Wing-Keong Ng, Chik-Boon Koh, Nicholas Romano and Siti-Zahrah Abdullah show the beneficial impact of dietary organic acids.

Hatchery & Nursery

• Shrimp nursery technology: System design and management for cost-effective results
  Part 1. Design considerations. By Craig Browdy, Peter Van Wyk, Chris Stock, Thomas R. Zeigler and Ramir Lee
• A genesis in Malaysia’s marine fish industry
  A niche for supply of quality grouper juveniles By Zuridah Merican

Developments

• Supporting Asian aquaculture: Part 2
  Presentations on biosecurity from the international scenario to the shrimp pond and EU retailer and consumer concerns at the 2015 DSM aquaculture conference.

Industry Review: Tilapia

• Certified to win more markets
  China’s tilapia farms enhance their reach to the discerning European markets. By Donna Richardson
• Tilapia in India
  Preparing for a future demand for fry and fingerlings

Company News

• New farms in Thailand and a hatchery in Bangladesh/ ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference
• New group in aqua and animal premix/Supporting aquaculture in India
• New Aquaculture Research Centre/ 2016 World Nutrition Forum
• Proven efficacy of clay and seaweed feed additive/New interactive website
• New feed mill for local production of shrimp feeds/ Bacterial toxin control product

Show Preview

• Tradeshow at Asia Pacific Aquaculture (APA 2016), April 26-29, Surabaya, Indonesia

Events

• 11th ISTA at APA 2016
• Farm Tours at APA 2016