Volume 10, Number 3 May/June 2014 MICA (P) 008/10/2013 ISBN 1793 -0561

From the editor

• A sense of urgency
• More tilapia from China in 2014
  More production due to better prices and increasing demand

Shrimp Culture

• Smallholder vannamei shrimp farming in raceway ponds
  Poh Yong Thong describes local creativity to farm shrimp in non-arable coastal land
• Driven by market demand
  How entrepreneurs in India are taking the opportunity to increase volumes. By Zuridah Merican
• Amidst EMS, success against all odds
  For some Thai shrimp farmers, success is through innovating and changing culture practices, says Soraphat Panakorn

Fish Culture

• The snakehead fish: a success in Myanmar
  Bai Haiwen, Huang Shaoyu, U Than Lwin, U Tint Swe, Dong Qiufen, Zhang Song and Yang Yong describe their work on fry breeding, commercial farming and extruded feed development for snakehead fish

Hatchery

• Polychaetes: evolution or revolution?
  Now a feed alternative but with time, can it be a sustainable feed for fish and shrimp? asks OddGeir Oddsen

Feed Technology

• A valued partner for growth
  The TRF feed mill gains market share with strong teamwork and trust of customers. By Zuridah Merican
• Salmon boosts shrimp feed attractiveness
  Cost effective hydrolysate from Scottish salmon. By Ian Wright
• Bacterial chatter - Quorum sensing
  Barbara Weber says that many bacterial species coordinate their behaviour at a multicellular level and not as single cells.
• The fundamental role of peptides in fish and shrimp nutrition
  Sharing the latest performance information in various aquaculture species.
• 2014 Global feed survey
  Highlights show a small increase to 963 million tonnes in 2013

Industry Review - Marine Fish

• Philippines target grouper farming for live fish exports
  The advantage is the short transit to China and Hong Kong. By Rafael D. Guerrero III
• Live fish trade in Asia in 2013
  Price fluctuations seen with the demand and supply of mainly hybrid groupers. By Fatimah Ferdouse

Marketing

• The market for European bass and bream
  The 'Greek sea bream crisis' occurred when supply grew in an uncontrolled and unplanned way. By Jose Fernandez Polanco

Company News

• Support to help China's aquaculture challenges
• Expansion of the aqua R&D centre
• Agreement on vaccines development in Vietnam/Appointments
• Sustainability first before competition

Show Preview

• Malaysia International Seafood Exposition
• World Aquaculture 2014, Adelaide, Australia
• TARS2014: Shrimp Aquaculture, Phuket, Thailand

Events

• Indonesian Aquaculture 2014