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April 20, 2007
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Marvesta Shrimp Farms
Delivers "Fresh" Shrimp to Restaurants
Founded in 2002, Marvesta Shrimp Farms utilizes greenhouses and an environmentally friendly, zero-exchange system to produce shrimp on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It purchases 10 to 17-day-old, specific-pathogen free postlarvae from a hatchery in Florida and produces shrimp that are free of antibiotics, hormones, chemicals and preservatives.
Here's some info from Marvesta's webpage:
Marvesta guarantees delivery of its shrimp anywhere in the United States within 24 hours. Orders placed by 1:00 p.m. are shipped that day. Otherwise, the shipment goes out the next day. The following prices do not include shipping:
Extra Large Shrimp, 21/25 count, $8 per pound
Jumbo Shrimp, 16/20 count, $10 per pound
Super Jumbo Shrimp, 12/15 count, $13 per pound
Colossal Shrimp, 10 count or fewer per pound, $16 per pound
Marvesta delivers orders overnight via FedEx in foam insulated boxes that include food grade gel packs, a cooking guide and a sample of McCormick's Old Bay Seasoning, a seasoning for crab, shrimp and other seafood.
Due to supply conditions, shrimp may not always be available. Should this happen, an associate will contact you immediately to discuss possible changes in delivery time and/or availability.
The January/February 2007 issue of Chesapeake Life magazine contains an article on Marvesta. Here are some excerpts from that article.
In 2002, when Guy Furman, Scott Fritze and Andy Hanzlik started Marvesta Shrimp Farms, they were just twenty-two years old. They spent nearly eighteen months putting together a business plan and then secured a commercial loan to build their first 1,500-square-foot greenhouse at a five-acre site.
Furman and Fritze met in second grade, and Fritze and Hanzlik met at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and graduated with degrees from Bucknell in business administration. Meanwhile, Furman was completing his masters in biology and environmental engineering at Cornell University, where one of his professors was farming tilapia. "No one was making a lot of money off tilapia," Furman says. "I began thinking about farming shrimp, the most popular shellfish in the USA." He drove to Bucknell in 2002 to pitch his idea to his friends. They bought the idea, and today Furman handles the scientific part of the operation, and Hanzlik and Fritze provide the business expertise. They chose Maryland's Eastern Shore because of its close proximity to the ocean and major markets.
Today, Marvesta has five two-story-high greenhouses, where more than 50,000 pounds of shrimp were produced in 2006. What makes their indoor facility unique is that shrimp can be harvested daily. The company provides fresh shrimp to more than fifteen upscale restaurants in Maryland. "I began buying eight pounds of shrimp a week in August," says chef Andrew Evans, owner of The Inn at Easton. "They sell really well. The shrimp are very sweet; they're really sushi quality."
Furman, Fritze and Hanzlik are now consumed with a new problem: The demand for their shrimp far exceeds supply. They're currently looking to relocate and hoping to find a site on the Eastern Shore that can handle fifty greenhouses.
Tom Ziegler, CEO of Zeigler Bros., a longstanding specialized feed company that supplies shrimp feed to Marvesta, says, "Marvesta Shrimp Farms is doing something no one else is doing; they are way ahead of the curve in terms of production quality. They've figured out a way to produce shrimp in a controlled environment and in a cost-effective way, and they're delivering it fresh to the marketplace. I think this is the future of aquaculture."
A recent article in the Washington Post made the following comments about Marvesta:
"Inside are the saltwater ponds, most 140 feet long, 30 feet wide and an average five feet deep, each stocked with shrimp in different stages of development, from tiny postlarvae to jumbos that are eight inches long, ready for the saute pan."
"The men will not share details on how they heat, circulate, filter and oxygenate the water or how they keep their facility bio-secure. The shrimp are nourished on a fortified, soy-based feed. Fritze will say that there were 'not fun years when we were pushed to the edge with peaks and valleys,' dealing with power outages, heating failures and water quality issues. Now they are satisfied with their system, which they say is completely recirculating, with no waste products. Water is trucked in from the ocean."
"Marvesta has explored selling live shrimp, but for the time being isn't focusing on it. After the shrimp are removed from the tanks, they are chilled and quickly die before being delivered to restaurants. Plans are underway to build 50 additional greenhouses and produce 250,000 pounds of shrimp by next spring. J.J. Minetola, executive chef of Metropolitan restaurant in Annapolis, has been buying Marvesta shrimp for the past six months. "These are cool guys with gorgeous shrimp," says Minetola, who buys as much produce, meats and seafood as he can from local farms. "I call the guys at 1 p.m.," he says. "They pull them out of the tank, and by 3 p.m. they're at the kitchen door. That lets you know how fresh they are."
Shrimp News: On April, 19, 2007, I chatted with Soctt Fritze, one of the three Marvesta partners. Fritze said fresh shrimp will be available from the Marvesta webpage early this summer. He also said Marvesta will begin construction of 24 more greenhouses this summer!
Information: Marvesta Shrimp Farms, 201 Enterprise Drive, Hurlock, MD 21643 USA (phone 410-943-1733 or 866-272-8829, fax 410-943-1734, email info@marvesta.com and sales@marvesta.com, webpage http://www.marvesta.com/index.php).
Sources: 1. Marvesta Shrimp Farms' webpage on April 14, 2007. 2. Chesapeake Life. Heads or Tails. Gail Buchalter. January/February 2007. 3. Washington Post. As Fresh as They Get Three Young Guys Hope to Feed an Appetite for Fresh, Sustainable Farmed Shrimp (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041700417_2.html?hpid=smartliving). Walter Nicholls. April 18, 2007. 4. Bob Rosenberry, Shrimp News International. Telephone conversation with Scott Fritze. April 19, 2007.
Products for Shrimp Farmers in India
An article in the March/April 2007 issue of Aqua Culture AsiaPacific discussed the products for shrimp farmers that were displayed at "Indaqua 2007", a conference and trade show that was held in Chennai, India, in January 2007. Some excerpts:
Shrimp Seedstock
Oceanic Shrimping, Ltd., a postlarvae supplier, has three hatcheries in the state of Tamil Nadu (southeast coast). It checks all its animals for whitespot syndrome virus (WSSV) and Penaeus monodon baculovirus (MBV) using in-house PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing. It has supporting hatcheries in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (owned by India off the southwest coast of Thailand) that produce two billion nauplii a year and hatcheries in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh, east coast) and Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) that produce five billion nauplii a year.
Vaisakhi Shrimp Fry, produced by Vaisakhi Bio Resources in the state of Andhra Pradesh and by Vaisakhi Bio-Marine in Tamil Nadu, credits its success to a robust disease surveillance program and biosecure operating procedures. Vaisakhi says that its PLs are not specific-pathogen free (SPF), but that they are "high health".
The BMR group, established in the 1990s, is in the shrimp farming business and produces postlarvae at six hatcheries along India's east coast. A subsidiary, Claswin, offers technology transfer to overseas clients.
Raj Hatcheries was established by J.A. Samy who started with the Orissa Shrimp Seed Production Centre (OSSPARC), a pioneering postlarvae production centre established by India's Marine Products Export Development Authority in 1979. The company has a PCR lab and two shrimp production units with an annual capacity of more than 200 million postlarvae a year. It also has a nauplii production unit at Visakhapatnam.
Sona Shrimps Hatchery was established in 2004 in the Villupuram District of Tamil Nadu. Production is 300 postlarvae a year. Spawners are used only once after rigorous checks for bacterial and viral infections.
In India, prior to purchasing PLs, shrimp farmers send samples from hatcheries to several independent laboratories for PCR testing. Ram Aqua Shrimp Diagnostic Lab provides tests on a 24/7 basis.
Larval Feeds
In India, the larval feed market is estimated at 120 tons a year. If the federal government permits P. vannamei farming, the market may jump to 170 tons a year. Gold Coin Specialties (Singapore/Malaysia), INVE (Belgium/India) and Higashimaru Feeds (Japan/India) dominate the larval feed market. Higashimaru produces microparticulate feeds for black tiger shrimp (P. monodon). It has a new stable form of vitamin C that is used to overcome the problem of deterioration and instability of vitamin C during storage. In addition, Higashimaru markets fish extract with 50% moisture and 28% crude protein, dehydrated clam meal with 55% crude protein and shrimp head meal with 31% crude protein.
Epicore Bionetworks (USA) and its distributor, Nurture Aqua Technologies (India), introduced an emulsion form of Epicore's liquid feed, "Epilite", which is less concentrated and costs less than the original version. According to Dr. Matthew Briggs, a consultant who works for Epicore, the advantage of this emulsion is that it has natural buoyancy and particles remain suspended. The feed is popular in Bangladesh and India. Both companies also market probiotics for use in the hatchery and in ponds.
Probiotics and Pond Products
Poseidon Biotech, based in Chennai, presented several probiotic products. One, a live bacteria product, establishes itself in the pond and suppresses growth of harmful bacteria Vibrios by competitive inhibition. Another product, "Plankton Plus", stimulates the growth of plankton.
SDC Agro Vet (India) markets water and soil probiotics under its "Superzyme-AT" brand that contain multi strains of Bacillus, enzymes and nutrients. An extract of yucca in its "Odoban-A30" product reduces ammonia in pond water.
Devee Biologicals (India) displayed a natural probiotics product called "Oxydol" that contains a blend of bifidobacterium and enzymes.
Novozymes (USA) and its distributor TIL Bioscience (India) presented three products: "Pond Plus", a mixture of seven selected bacterial strains with antimicrobial and stress reduction effects; "Pond Protect", which removes ammonia and nitrite from pond water; and "PondDtox", which oxidizes hydrogen sulfide.
Bentoli (USA) introduced its "Effinol Program", which uses a combination of bacteria and yeasts to control pathogenic microorganisms in the pond and in the shrimp's gut through competitive exclusion. Bentoli markets "Effinol EL" for zoea to mysis stages and "Effinol L" for postlarvae.
Feeds
Godrej Gold Coin Aquafeed (India) introduced its new team and its "JV", "Super Tigris", "Hositho", "Gold Classic", "Gold Supreme" and "Gold Essence" shrimp feed brands.
CP Aquaculture (India), Ltd., displayed its modular hatchery system and aquatic animal health care products.
Avanti Feeds, Ltd., has seven shrimp feed products. It showed products produced in conjunction with Thai Union of Thailand and Pingtai Enterprises of Taiwan.
Cargill (USA) introduced "Legend", a premium shrimp feed with 39-41% crude protein and "Ultimate", a feed with 34-37%c rude protein. Cargill said that it would launch a new feed for Penaeus vannamei if vannamei becomes a legal species in India.
The Waterbase Limited (India), operates seafood restaurants, shrimp hatcheries and shrimp feed mills. Its "Wave" starter feed contains 41% crude protein, while its "Tiger Bay" growout feed contains 38-39% crude protein. It also markets "Ultra XL", which contains nucleotides and nutraceuticals, and "Hi Gain Booster" with 43% crude protein for animals under stress. Waterbase and some of the other feed producers also market feeds for freshwater prawns.
Certification Companies
Organic aquaculture certification is done through Indocert, the Indian Organic Certification Agency in Kerala. It's a nonprofit organization with the mission to offer affordable inspection and certification services to food producers.
SGS has a network of independent food testing laboratories. It provides chemical and microbiological testing and quality examinations.
Det Norske Veritas provides certification services to shrimp farmers from eight locations, including Chennai and Hyderabad. Its HACCP certification program offers training customized to the needs of the customer.
R&D and Consulting
The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture is one of the institutions established to develop and disseminate appropriate technology in India. In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, it has established facilities to domesticate the black tiger shrimp and produce SPF and high health shrimp. Highly successful research on mud crab farming is carried out by the Centre in Sirkali Taluk in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Source: Aqua Culture AsiaPacific (Editor/Publisher, Zuridah Merican, email zuridah@aquaasiapac.com, webpage www.aquaasiapac.com). Trade at Indaqua 2007. Volume 3, Number 2, Page 38, March/April 2007.
Country Reports
Australia
Shrimp and Barramundi Conference
The "2007 Ridley AquaFeed Australian Prawn and Barramundi Conference and Trade Show" will be held on July 25 and 26 at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Queensland. Scott Walter, executive officer of the Australian Prawn Farmer's Association, writes: We have added some updates to the APFA website (http://www.apfa.com.au/prawnfarmers2.cfm?inc=announcements). You'll find the conference brochure online and a place to register for the conference and trade show. Details of the program will be released in May.
[Remember, in Australia, they say "prawn" when they're talking about penaeid shrimp like Penaeus monodon, P. japonicus and P. vannamei.]
Information: Scott Walter, Executive Officer, Australian Prawn Farmer's Association, P.O. Box 12009, Brisbane, Queensland 4003, Australia (phone 07-3837-4777, fax 07-3236-4100, email info@apfa.com.au, webpage http://www.apfa.com.au/prawnfarmers2.cfm?inc=announcements).
Sources: 1. Email from Scott Walter to Shrimp News International on April 11, 2007. 2. Webpage of the Australia Prawn Farms Association/Conferences (http://www.apfa.com.au/prawnfarmers2.cfm?inc=announcements) on April 12, 2007.
Bangladesh
Khulna
New Scientist magazine has an area on its website for bloggers. Here's one of the postings to its environmental blog:
Last week I visited Bangladesh to find out where the shrimp in my Saturday night curry come from. I found the shrimp, the farmers and the men who ship them to the United Kingdom. But I also found mafia, musclemen and cycles of poverty, debt and dependency that raised the perennial question: Are things so bad that we should boycott Bangladesh's shrimp, or would that just put poor people out of work?
I went to Khulna, one of Bangladesh's biggest provincial cities. What wealth it has is in the hands of a few "Mr. Bigs" in the shrimp exporting business. Men like M.M.A. Salam, owner of Salam Seafoods, a major exporter to the UK. He also owns the city's top hotel, Castle Salam.
The shrimp are mostly grown south of Khulna in the Ganges River Delta. In the past two decades, big landlords have turned these areas over to shrimp farmers. In the process, a huge network of brokers, loan sharks and middlemen has grown up to get the shrimp from the ponds to the processing plants.
Amal is typical of the small farmers who grow the prawns that end up in my biriani [a heavily spiced dish with rice, meat, vegetables and yogurt]. His methods are low-tech. His half-hectare pond makes him a profit of about $494 a year.
He is beset by the henchmen of the big landowners, known everywhere as "musclemen". For example, a landowner between Amal and his source of river water is demanding money, threatening to stop the water from reaching Amal's pond. Amal sells his tiger shrimp to middlemen for $6.92 a kilo, and just 10 kilometers away, middlemen sell them at a wholesale market in Khulna for about $9.89 a kilo. Needless to say, if Amal tried to bypass the middlemen, the musclemen would come knocking.
And I later learned from one of the Khulna industry's pioneers that between the wholesalers and the Khulna processing plants, there are more mysterious underworld types who effectively control the entire business, first by providing loans that sustain the supply chain, and second by rationing the shrimp among the incredible number of processors in town. This is a business mired in inefficiency, exploitation and corruption.
Source: New Scientist Blogs/Environment. Fred's footprint: Where prawns meet the mafia (http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/04/freds-footprint-where-prawns-meet-mafia.html). Fred Pearce. April 10, 2007.
Brunei
George Chamberlain
The government has tapped Dr. George Chamberlain, technical director of Integrated Aquaculture International, a consulting firm, to help the nation's shrimp farmers increase production.
In 2006, Brunei had 230 hectares of shrimp ponds: 130 hectares and six farms in the Tutong District and 100 hectares and seven farms in the Brunei-Muara District.
Information: Dr. George Chamberlain, Integrated Aquaculture Alliance, LLC, 5661 Telegraph Road, Suite 3A, Saint Louis, MO 63129 USA (phone 314-293-5500, fax 314-293-5525, email georgec@integra.prserv.net, webpage http://www.integratedaquaculture.com/contact.html).
Sources: 1. The Brunei Times. Expert hired to help aquaculture producers (http://www.bruneitimes.com.bn/details.php?shape_ID=26666). Husin Ismail. April 11, 2007. 2. Integrated Aquaculture International webpage on April 16, 2007.
India
Hundreds of Shrimp Farmers Threaten Suicide
Balasore, Orissa...On April 6, 2007, hundreds of shrimp farmers in Balasore and Bhadrak districts threatened mass suicide because the processing plant that "buys" their shrimp has not paid them in six months. The plant, which may move to another part of the country, owes the farmers $2,332,005.
Source: Newindpress.com. Shrimp farmers threaten mass suicide (http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEQ20070407030846&Page=Q&Title=ORISSA&Topic=0). April 7 2007.
Tanzania
Monodon Broodstock For Sale
We sell disease-free, wild-caught, Penaeus monodon broodstock from East Africa.
Information: Carlos Rajani (phone 255-784-915-166, email camarones_vivos@yahoo.com).
Source: Email to Shrimp News International from Carlos Rajani on April 14, 2007.
Thailand
Bio Solutions International, Co., Ltd.
On April 12, 2007, Bio Solutions Co., Ltd., which markets a shrimp immunostimulant and probiotics, and Virbac S.A., which markets biological and pharmaceutical products for veterinary and animal health, announced a new joint venture called Bio Solutions International, Co., Ltd.
The first issue of Bio News, the venture's online newsletter/brochure (delivered as a PDF file covering the use of its products in Thailand, Vietnam, India, Philippines and Bangladesh), contained an article on necrotizing hepatopancreatitis (NHP) in Southeast Asia. Some excerpts:
Necrotizing Hepatopancreatitis (NHP) is caused by a small, gram-negative bacteria that attacks the cells of the hepatopancreas. Reported hosts of NHP include Penaeus vannamei, P. setiferus, P. stylirostris, P. aztecus and P. californiensis. Gross signs of NHP include: reduced feed intake, empty gut, lethargy, anorexia, soft shells, heavy fouling from external parasites, black gills and discoloration and atrophy of the hepatopancreas. The hepatopancreas of infected shrimps degenerates and becomes pale to white. NHP does not seem to occur when temperatures are above 29°C or when salinities are below 10 parts per thousand.
In Thailand, NHP appeared in 2005, first along the south coast and then along the east coast. Since then its incidence has risen at an alarming rate. In addition to destroying hepatopancreas cells, it causes dwarfing and swelling. Disease outbreaks are more severe in the south than in the east, primarily due to the high stocking densities in the south (>150 PL/m2). Thai shrimp farmers are learning to prevent the disease by strengthening the functions of the hepatopancreas and by stimulating the immune system. This is achieved by applying immune stimulants, probiotics and hepatopancreas enrichment agents to the feed at the first signs of the disease.
In Vietnam, outbreaks of NHP have been reported in the Khanh Hoa, Hue and Quang Binh provinces. From January to March 2007, there were no reports of NHP in Bangladesh, Myanmar or Singapore. Sri Lanka, Korea, Philippines, Nepal, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia have never reported NHP.
Information: Chupong Laohapornsvan, Managing Director, and Amir Khalil, Business Development Manager, Bio News Unit/Bio Solution International, Co., Ltd., 134/4 Moo 5, Bangkadi Industrial Park, Tiwanon Road, T. Bangkadi A. Muang, Pathumthani 12000 Thailand (phone 66-2501-2045, 66-2501-2046 and 66-2501-2655, fax 66-2501-2047 and 66-2501-3069, email support@biohero.com, www.biohero.com, webpage www.biohero.com).
Sources: 1. Bio News: The International Aquaculture News. Bio News Unit of Bio Solution International, Co., Ltd., A Synergy for Excellence in Aquaculture (page 1) and Necrotizing Hepatopancreatitis (NHP) in the Asia Pacific (page 3), First Issue, April 2007. 2. Email from Bio Solutions International Co., Ltd., to Shrimp News International on April 12, 2007.
Thailand
Will My Neighbors Shrimp Farm Pollute My Well?
Phuket...Question: My neighbors have completed a building next to their house that looks like it may be used for shrimp farming. I have heard that the chemicals used in shrimp farming can leach into the ground. My well is only about 30 meters from this place. Could this be a problem for me?
Answer (from Pairo Suttaporn, Chief of the Phuket Provincial Fisheries Office): "Shrimp farms no longer affect their neighbors because shrimp farm owners must now use biodegradable products, unlike many years ago when many farmers used chemicals that were harmful to humans and the environment. The Department of Fisheries has removed all those hazardous chemicals from sale at chemical supply shops, so you can be sure that there will not be any hazard to you or contamination of your water supply. The Fisheries Department is very strict in controlling shrimp farm owners. They must register their farms at the Provincial Fisheries Office, and we check them often. Shrimp farm owners must follow many regulations, otherwise they are not allowed to export their shrimp or sell their products locally. They must adhere to good aquaculture practices...all the way from the hatchery stage through to harvesting."
Source: Phuket Gazette. Issues and Answers/Problematic prawn farm (http://www.phuketgazette.net/issuesanswers/details.asp?id=967). Joanne LaSalle and Pairo Suttaporn. April 11, 2007.
Thailand
All Male Prawns
Power Prawns, a team of young entrepreneurs, has found a way to produce male-only freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), eliminating the smaller female prawns that fetch about one-third the price of males. The team's business plan won first prize at this year's Asian Moot Corp's business plan competition. Next, the team will compete at the New Venture Championship that starts on April 12, 2007, in Oregon, USA.
The team's business plan involves selling all-male, juvenile prawns to shrimp farmers and then buying them back when they reach market size. The farmers should be able to make a profit of 20%. The team seeks $1.1 million in venture capital. The project should break even within 13 months and return 60% a year to investors. Currently, the team is in talks with exporters who have expressed interest in buying its prawns. If the deals are closed, Power Prawns could sell as much as 3,400 tons of prawns every year.
On April 13, 2007, the New Venture Championship webpage announced that Power Prawns was one of five finalists for its $50,000 prize. On April 14, 2007, it announced that Power Prawns came in third, winning $5,000, plus another $2,500 for the best written plan.
Sources: 1. Bangkok Post. Gender benders (http://www.bangkokpost.com/090407_Yourmoney/09Apr2007_money48.php). Sriwipa Siripunyawit. April 9, 2007. 2. New Venture Championship Webpage. Latest News from the Competition/The Finals Round of the 2007 New Venture Championship (http://www.venturechampionship.com/home.html). April 13 and 14, 2007.
United States
Massachusetts--Aqua Bounty Technologies
Aqua Bounty Technologies, which sells therapeutics, diagnostic tools and health management products to shrimp farmers, placed the following full-page ad in Aqua Culture AsiaPacific magazine. The ad contained some color photographs of shrimp, along with the following text.
"Aqua Bounty Technologies is Coming to Asia!"
"Shrimp IMS: a second generation immunostimulant proven effective against bacterial and viral pathogens."
"VPX Viral Blocker: A revolutionary feed additive that specifically blocks the deadly White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV)."
"SYBR Shrimp Diagnostic Kits: Ultra-sensitive, real-time, PCR-based diagnosis kits for detection of all major shrimp viruses."
Information: Aqua Bounty Technologies (phone 858-467-6510, fax 858-467-6659, email shrimp-products@aquabounty.com, webpage www.aquabounty.com).
Source: Aqua Culture AsiaPacific (Editor/Publisher, Zuridah Merican, email zuridah@aquaasiapac.com, webpage www.aquaasiapac.com). Advertisement. Aqua Bounty Technologies. Volume 3, Number 2, Page 13, March/April 2007.
United States
Texas--NaturalShrimp, Two Jobs
NaturalShrimp International Company, a shrimp farm near San Antonio that grows shrimp in greenhouses, has positions open for two English-speaking, USA citizen/residents: one for an aquaculture technician and one for a production manager:
Aquaculture Technician: Salary $25,000 to $30,000.
Qualifications: BS in Aquatic Sciences. Experience may substitute for education.
Production Manager: Salary, dependent on experience.
Qualifications: 3-5 years in commercial shrimp production, BS in Aquatic Sciences.
Information: Joe King, General Manager (phone 830-762-3200, email joeking@naturalshrimpinternational.com, webpage http://www.naturalshrimpinternational.com).
Source: AquaNic (The Aquaculture Network Information Center, a gateway to the world's electronic aquaculture resources, http://aquanic.org/index.htm). Jobs Directory (http://www.aquanic.org/Text/job_serv.htm)/In cooperation with the WAS Employment Service. Search jobs (http://aquanic.org/jobs/search.asp). Aquaculture Technician (http://aquanic.org/jobs/jobinfo.asp?jobid=2386) and Production Manager (http://aquanic.org/jobs/jobinfo.asp?jobid=2385). Posted April 5, 2007. Closing date May 15, 2007.
