Seafood Exporters Aim For Quality
INDIA - Seafood exporters have decided not to purchase black tiger shrimp (aquaculture shrimp) from aqua farmers, who are not registered with the Coastal Aquaculture...

India to Start White Prawn Production
INDIA - The National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) has announced that white prawn cultivation is to begin in February.

Indian Black Tiger Shrimps Promotion
INDIA - The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has signed an Agreement for Promotion of Indian Black Tiger Shrimp including the Co-Branding Agreement...

Training in Prawn Farming for Fish Farmers
TAMIL NADU, INDIA - A training programme in freshwater prawn farming technique sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, was inaugurated...

Study Finds Indian Duck/Prawn Combination Sustainable
INDIA - Abraham and Ravindran of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Pookot, Wayanad in Kerala describe how fresh prawn waste can be fed to ducks to...

India's Shrimp Exports Hit by EU Rejections
INDIA - The Indian marine products export sector is facing the threat of a substantial fall in export volume as the rate at which the European Union (EU) has been...

US Set Anti-Dumping Tariff
INDIA - The US Department of Commerce settled the final rates of the third administrative review of anti-dumping duty imposed on shrimp and prawns imported from...

India Sees Imports to Europe Fall
INDIA - The financial crisis in Europe hit shrimp consumption last year and this could have serious implications for Indian seafood exports.

Indian Industry Demands New Shrimp
INDIA - An outbreak of white spot disease wiped out 40-60 per cent of Kerala’s ready-to-harvest shrimp in the first week of May

Indian Prawn Project Ends in Pollution
INDIA - It was a project that could have doubled the yield of freshwater prawns in Gujarat. But 10 years on, the freshwater prawn seed hatchery in Umarwada stands...

White Spot Disease Threatens Kerali Shrimp Farmers
INDIA - Shrimp farming is a means of livelihood for thousands of Keralites residing along the state’s coastline, but a sudden attack of white spot disease is threatening...

India Relieved of US Shrimp Duties
INDIA - Giving a major relief to the Indian shrimp exporters, the US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has recently withdrawn the customs bond requirement imposed...

Last Chance for Farmers to Register in India
INDIA - Sea food exporters will not purchase aquaculture produce from farmers who have not registered themselves with the Coastal Aquaculture Authority (CAA),...

Shrimp Farms Turning Toxic Waste to Food
KOCHI, KERALA, INDIA - Fish feed waste and its impact on water-bodies are a major source of worry for the fisheries industry, but now researchers claim to have...

Bringing New Technology to Old Indian Tribes
INDIA - A series of five field days on freshwater aquaculture were recently held at Bhubaneswar to educate tribal communities on modern aquaculture techniques...

Chennai Welcomes a New Wave of Fish Farmers
CHENNAI, INDIA - With a target to increase the country’s fish production to over 10 million tonnes (mt) by the end of the 11th Plan from the current 6.5 mt,...

Kankarta Deploys Seabed Cages to Culture Fish
INDIA - The fishermen of coastal Karnataka may soon be finding a new method of fishing if a project, launched by the Mangalore Research Centre of the Kochi-based...

Project to Boost Inland Aquaculture
INDIA - The state government is to introduce an integrated aquaculture project in the Kerala region - Matsay Karalam - to boost fish production form inland fresh...