Australia
Mud Crab Farming a Year Away
Scientists at the Bribie Island Aquaculture Research Centre are breeding the second generation of captive mud crabs. Commercial mud crab farming may be about a year away.
Source: FisheNews (an email supplement to Austasia Aquaculture magazine, www.austasiaaquaculture.com.au). Editor, Tim Walker (austasiaaquaculture@netspace.net.au). Mud Crab Research at Bribie Island. August 24, 2006.
Australia
Mud Crab Farming Now
The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s (FRDC) funding of mud crab (Scylla serrata) research has resulted in two Northern Territory farms, both operated by Aborigine communities. Gwalwa Daraniki Enterprises is growing more than 50,000 crabs in 3.5 hectares of earthen ponds alongside the harbor in the city of Darwin. At Maningrida, the Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation is about to stock a 1,500-square-meter area netted off in a creek, and one other Darwin business is planning a crab farm. In the adjacent state of Queensland, a farm has been stocked with hatchery-produced crablets.
Source: FisheNews (an email supplement to Austasia Aquaculture magazine, www.austasiaaquaculture.com.au). Other Crustaceans/Mud Crab Farms. Editor, Tim Walker (austasiaaquaculture@netspace.net.au). September 7, 2006.
Ecuador
El Niño
The USA’s Climate Prediction Center forecasts El Niño conditions for the remainder of 2006 and the first quarter of 2007.
Some impacts from the developing El Niño are already evident. Drier-than-average conditions have been observed across Indonesia, Malaysia and most of the Philippines, countries which usually experience El Niño’s impact first. The dryness can be expected to continue for the remainder of 2006.
Oceanic and atmospheric conditions are updated weekly on the Climate Prediction Center’s website (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.html). The next El Niño Diagnostics Discussion is scheduled for October 5, 2006. To receive email notification of the monthly El Niño Diagnostic Discussions, send an email to: ncep.list.enso-update@noaa.gov.
Spanish Version: Courtesy of INFOCLIMA, Peru (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/translate.html).
Source: Climate Prediction Center (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.html). El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Diagnostic Discussion (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/index.html). September 13, 2006.
Indonesia
Shrimp Commission Forecasts Drop in Production
Jakarta...Shrimp production is forecast to be well below the target of 350,000 tons set by the Maritime and Fisheries Ministry for this year. Shidiq Moeslim, chairman of the Indonesian Shrimp Commission, said the production in the first half of the year totaled only 125,000 tons. Production is expected to be even worse in the second half of the year due to bad weather in several production centers. Shidiq said, "My estimate is that the production will not exceed 270,000 tons this year." Last year Indonesia produced 300,000 tons of shrimp.
Source: Seafood.com (an online, subscription-based, fisheries news service). Indonesia now concedes this year’s shrimp production may fall below 270,000 tons. Ken Coons. Editor and Publisher, John Sackton (phone 781-861-1441, email jsackton@seafood.com). September 7, 2006.
Mexico
Partial Harvests
In July and August 2006, Mexican shrimp farmers successfully preharvested their ponds. Preharvesting allows farmers to sell small shrimp during the summer and large shrimp at the end of the season. The main harvests for large sizes will begin in late September.
Source: Email to Shrimp News International from Melissa Dennis (representing Ocean Garden Products, melissa.dennis@sbcglobal.net, www.oceangarden.com). Subject: Ocean Garden announces start of Mexican shrimp season. September 8, 2006.
Mexico
Sinaloa--Antibiotics 2002
Abstract: In 2001, shrimp farmers in Sinaloa had problems with gregarines, vibriosis, whitespot and necrotizing hepatopancreatitis. This study, which included interviews with 23 shrimp farmers, documents the use and application of chemicals and biological products on shrimp farms in Sinaloa in 2002. A total of 106 different types of products were identified, and an average of 41.7 products were used at each farm. The most commonly used products were feed additives, liming materials, inorganic fertilizers and antibiotics. In comparison with shrimp farms in the Philippines and Thailand, Sinaloa farms use more feed additives, vitamins, antibiotics and fertilizers, and fewer pesticides, disinfectants and soil and water treatment compounds. Some regulations and ecotoxicological effects of chemical wastes on associated ecosystems are discussed.
Source: Aquacultural Engineering (www.elsevier.com!locate/aqua-online). A survey on use of the chemical and biological products for shrimp farming in Sinaloa (NW Mexico). L.P. Lyle-Fritch, E. Romero-Beltrán and F. Páez-Osuna (phone 669-9-852845, fax 669-9-826133, email paezos@servidor.unam.mx). Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 135, August 2006.
Thailand
Sub-carapace Watery Sac Syndrome
Subcarapace Watery Sac Syndrome (SWSS), a new disease of the western white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei), expresses itself as a watery sac on the hepatopancreas. Only 5 to 30 percent of the animals in a pond will break with the disease, and mortalities are not high (when there are no associated bacterial infections). Infected shrimp continue to feed and grow. SWSS usually hits about a month after stocking during rainy periods. Ek-anant Yuvabenjapol, technical manager at Thai Union Feedmill, thinks SWSS has something to do with the balance of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium in the pond.
Information: Ek-anant Yuvabenjapol, Technical Manager, Thai Union Feedmill, Co., Ltd., 89/1 Moo-2 Tumbon Kalong, Amphuer Mung, Samutsakorn, Thailand (ekanant@gmail.com).
Source: The Shrimp List (a mailing list for shrimp farmers, "shrimp-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"). Subject: new syndrome in white shrimp. From: ekanant@yahoo.com. September 11, 2006.
United States
California--Brine Shrimp
High Sierra Brine Shrimp, the only company located on pristine Mono Lake, California, supplies disease-free Artemia biomass. Hillary Hansen, co-owner and director of sales and marketing, says: We are the only company in the world that offers the unique species of brine shrimp known as Artemia monica. We are committed to expanding awareness in the USA and overseas markets of the risks involved using Artemia products from non-biosecure sources. Our priority is to keep the shrimp farming industry pathogen free. Our frozen enriched biomass is certified disease-free by the University of Arizona and the United States Department of Agriculture. Samples are available.
Information: Hillary Hansen, Co-Owner and Director of Sales and Marketing, High Sierra Brine Shrimp, P.O. Box 640, Lee Vining, CA 93541 USA (phone 760-212-1304, email monolakeshrimp@yahoo.com, website under construction).
Source: Email to Shrimp News from Hillary Hansen. Subject: Shrimp News Posting. September 9, 2006.
United States
Massachusetts--Aqua Bounty Hires Gerry McGuire
Aqua Bounty Technologies, Inc., a Waltham, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company that develops products to manage health and increase productivity in the fast-growing aquaculture industries, announces the appointment of Gerry McGuire to lead the company’s sales effort in Southeast Asia.
McGuire will direct the roll-out of Aqua Bounty’s integrated line of shrimp health management products in the region. Aqua Bounty provides diagnostic tools, feed additives and therapeutics under the SYBR ShrimpTM and Shrimp IMSTM brand names.
McGuire has marketed products to shrimp farmers for more than a dozen years. As sales manager for a major USA-based aqua feeds producer, he managed a 15-nation distribution network in southeast Asia, emphasizing productivity improvement at the farm level. He introduced probiotics to Asian and Latin shrimp markets in the 1990s and has concentrated on new product introductions throughout his career.
Information: Henry Clifford and Joseph McGonigle at Aqua Bounty Technologies (phone 781 899 7755).
Information: Alexandra Walton and Daniel de Belder, Bell Pottinger Corporate and Financial, 6th Floor, Holborn Gate 330, High Holborn, London WC1V 7QD, United Kingdom (phone 44-20-7861-3868, fax 44-20-7861-3993, webpage www.bpcf.co.uk).
Source: Email from Alexandra Walton, account executive at Bell Pottinger Corporate and Financial (representing Aqua Bounty Technologies). News Release. Aqua Bounty appoints international sales veteran for Pacific Rim expansion. September 20, 2006.
United States
South Carolina--Clemson Goes Organic
Clemson University awarded $431,203 to research "Organic Farming of Marine Shrimp: A Holistic Approach to Management of Feeds and Microbial Dynamics."
Source: Aquafeed.com (The free E-zine for aquafeed professionals, http://www.aquafeed.com). Marine shrimp research gets slice of $4.5 million organic agriculture grant (http://www.aquafeed.com/article.php?id=1703§ionid=1). Editor, Suzi Fraser Dominy (email editor@aquafeed.com). Issue-30, Volume-6, September 14, 2006.
United States
Virginia--The Lobster Newsletter
Mark Butler and Peter Lawton, the new editors of The Lobster Newsletter, announce that their current issue is available for downloading at http://www.odu.edu/~mbutler/newsletter/index.html. The Lobster Newsletter is published electronically once or twice a year. Contact Mark Butler about article submissions and Peter Lawton about getting on the mailing list.
Information: Mark Butler, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529 USA (fax 757-683-5283, email mbutler©odu.edu).
Information: Peter Lawton, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Biological Station, 531 Brandy Cove Road, St. Andrews, New Brunswick E5B 357, Canada (fax 506-529-5862, email lawtonp@mar.dfO-mpo.gc.ca).
Source: Email from Peter Lawton and Mark J. Butler IV. Subject: Lobster Newsletter Vol. 19 (1) is now available for downloading. September 8, 2006.
Vietnam
559,648 Hectares Stocked
For the second crop of 2006, shrimp farmers in Vietnam stocked 559,648 hectares of ponds. The provinces with the most ponds were Ca Mau (247,000 hectares), Bac Lieu (120,407 hectares), Ben Tre (32,292 hectares), and Soc Trang (44,657 hectares).
Source: Seafood.com (an online, subscription-based, fisheries news service). Drought-related shrimp mortality has already cost Vietnam’s farmers $3.8 million this year. Ken Coons. Editor and Publisher, John Sackton (phone 781-861-1441, email jsackton@seafood.com). September 7, 2006.
Vietnam
Penaeus vannamei Banned in Mekong Delta
P. vannamei, the western white shrimp, is banned in all the provinces south of Binh Thuan Province, basically all of the Mekong Delta. One vannamei farm in the Delta was established before the ban and continues to operate.
Source: The Shrimp List (a mailing list for shrimp farmers, "shrimp-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"). Subject: [shrimp] Re: (unknown). From: flavio.corsin@gmail.com. September 12, 2006.
