Virtual Shrimp Culture

Molting Shrimps and Cultivation Technical Treatments

Tuesday, 12 July 2011 00:16

Shrimp Culture Information, 3 March 2011

Under conditions of molting, shrimps are highly susceptible to disease infection and attacks from other shrimps (cannibalism) and predators. As a natural process, then during molting (naturally and individually molting), diseases infection, cannibalism and predators are an event that can not be avoided.

USA - Ag. Class Raising Shrimp

Friday, 17 April 2009 08:19

suwanneedemocrat.com; March 31, 2009

Suwannee High Ag Department is raising shrimp. The Suwannee High Ag Department is raising fresh water shrimp (prawns) as an aquaculture project. This project will be a valuable learning experience as well as a fund-raiser and/or source of food for the upcoming FFA event. he juvenile shrimp were shipped overnight from a hatchery in Texas and arrived at the SHS Land Lab Monday morning, March 23.

Bangladesh - Farmers Harassed Over Anti-Salinity Campaign

Friday, 24 April 2009 16:38

The Daily Star Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Farmers in Paikgachcha and Dakop upazilas in Khulna are facing different kinds of harassment, including filing of false cases against them, from shrimp farmers in the area because of their anti-saline water campaign. The farmers allege that shrimp enclosure (gher) owners also hired goons to release saline water into their fields through sluice gates surrounding polders 20, 32 and 33 at night, causing huge damage to their Boro crop.

Bangladesh - Farmers Resist Saline Water Based Shrimp Farming

Friday, 22 May 2009 16:13

The Daily Star, Monday, May 11, 2009

Farmers in Mongla upazila have vowed to resist shrimp cultivation by using saline water in croplands. Hundreds of men and women of Kainmari, Chakrakhali, Kalibari, Dasherkhando and Kanainagar villages of Chandpai union continued movement for the second day yesterday and prevented shrimp enclosure owners from releasing saline water into the paddy fields through sluice gates.

India - One Last Chance for Aqua Farmers

Friday, 17 April 2009 08:26

Only the registered ones can export their produce

VIJAYAWADA: Sea food exporters will not purchase aquaculture produce from farmers who have not registered themselves with the Coastal Aquaculture Authority (CAA), from Wednesday onwards. The Export Inspection Council of India under the Union Ministry of Commerce has made it mandatory for all farmed shrimp or scampi to be screened for residues of banned antibiotics.

Honduras - Farmed Shrimp Harvest Untainted by Global Crisis

Friday, 24 April 2009 16:42

FIS.com Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Good climatic conditions and the high volumes already sown in domestic fish farms will pave the way for a solid 2009 season despite a registered fall in the price of certain shrimp sizes caused by the global financial crisis. harvest of 80 million pounds of shrimp worth some USD 150 million is expected between late April and October-November.

Thailand - Thai Union Frozen Products Plc (TUF) Contracts 185 Shrimpers

Friday, 22 May 2009 16:20

Bangkok Post Business 8/05/2009

Thai Union Frozen Products Plc (TUF) yesterday teamed up with 185 shrimp farmers across the country in a contract farming arrangement on an unprecedented scale of 10,000 tonnes, worth about 1.2 billion baht. Under the deal, Thailand's major producer and exporter of canned and frozen seafood will buy from farmers at specified prices based on production costs plus a level of profit agreed between the farmers and the company.

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