Volume 7, Number 6 November/December 2011 MICA (P) 008/10/2011 ISBN 1793-0561
- From the editor
Year in review 2011: The Good, Bad and The Ugly
News
- Faster growing giant freshwater prawn/ASEAN Seafood Federation/Fast and furious with vannamei shrimp in India.
- News in brief
Shrimp Culture
- Comments from industry on current issues on shrimp diseases
Dan Fegan says that epidemiological investigations will help us better understand potential risk factors contributing to recent outbreaks - Better yields in Bali farms
Three farm managers in Indonesia tell how they succeeded with consistently high yields of vannamei shrimp. Reports Zuridah Merican
Feed Technology
- Improving our understanding of amino acids in aqua nutrition
Experts discuss research on leading fish species in Asia during this half-day post- TARS 2011 seminar - Growth and survival of white shrimp fed with a yeast fermentation metabolite
Lab and field trials in Thailand by leading shrimp expert Chalor Limsuwan and his team show improvements in growth, survival and non-specific immunity of shrimp - Essential amino acids and their variation in tilapia feed ingredients
Dhanapong Sangsue explains how to manage variations in amino acid composition - Feeding black tiger shrimp with tuna hydrolysates
Inclusion of the concentrate in feeds containing high and low levels of Danish fishmeal improves growth. By Vincent Fournier and Victor Suresh - Current status of fresh water fish feeds in Asia: A gap analysis
The gap is in composition of nutrients and farmers should target performance and not just feed costs. By Pedro Encarnaí§í£o
Industry Review - Marine fish
- Cobia aquaculture in offshore cage systems in China
The annual production is 7,000 tonnes from 20,000 cages, say Xinxuan Li and Zufu Li
Developments
- Selected families of Litopenaeus vannamei show important resistance to WSSV
A Panama breeding program shows that under controlled conditions for a severe WSSV challenge, there is resistance. By Jorge Cuéllar- Anjel, Brenda White-Noble, Paul Schofield, Roberto Chamorro and Donald V. Lightner - A microbial consortium based fermented single cell detritus as marine larval feed
In marine hatcheries, MSCD technology may change the way aquatic organisms are fed, according to S. Felix and P. Pradeepa
Marketing
- China’s Guolian expands
This is not only with shrimp but with tilapia and feed production
Show Review
- VICTAM, FIAAP AND GRAPAS ASIA 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
In February, these exhibitors will showcase equipment and products for cost effective feeds - Company News
Exploring salmon feed benefits in hatchery and grow-out - R&D and focus on aquatic animal health
- GlobalGap certification for feed company/New office in Vietnam
- New corporate branding / breakthrough in CO2 debate
- Revolutionary net cleaner/krill meal
- Fish vaccination to start in Vietnam/New appointments
- Aquaculture at Livestock Asia 2011