Shrimp and seaweed: a recipe for success for Vietnam?

Shrimp farming in Vietnam is challenged by both low profitability and environmental degradation. CK, founder [...]

Revolutionizing pondside molecular diagnostic testing for aquaculture diseases with SeekIt™

The SeekIt™ Field Kit accurately and rapidly detects WSSV infection SeekIt™ enables rapid, equipment-free molecular [...]

How photoperiod influences nutritional quality of muscle and lipid metabolism of indoor-cultured Pacific white shrimp

A 24-hour light photoperiod enhances the concentration of essential amino acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids [...]

Estimating total suspended solids in bioflocs by turbidity

Study demonstrates a strong positive relationship between total suspended solids and turbidity in all biofloc [...]

Transcriptome Analyses of mRNA and Circular RNA Reveal Dietary Supplementation with Freeze-dried Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Primes Immune Memory of Whiteleg Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) Against Pathogens

Shrimp aquaculture faces significant challenges from bacterial and viral diseases like acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease [...]

Is the shrimp hatchery the most important part of a successful crop?

Recently I passed my 40-year mark working with the international aquaculture community. I have heavily [...]

Effects of micro-algae commonly used in aquaculture on acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing

Abstract Quorum sensing, bacterial cell-to-cell communication with small signal molecules such as acyl-homoserine lactones, regulates [...]

A Chelex-100-based rapid DNA extraction method and its application in the detection of shrimp pathogens

Abstract Background The Pacific white shrimp is one of the world’s most economically significant aquatic [...]

The influence of dietary arachidonic acid on growth performance, fatty acid composition and antioxidant capacity on postlarva of mud crab Scylla paramamosain

Abstract An eight-week feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the influence of dietary arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) on [...]