Thursday, January 9, 2014

09/01/14: Aquafeed mill in Saudi Arabia; Israel's prawn project; Aquaculture activity programme

On 5 January, Saudi Fisheries company signed a contract to construct an aquafeed mill in Saudi Arabia.

With an investment of SAR 16.7 million (US$4.5million), the aquafeed mill should be complete within the next eight months at the company’s main shrimp and fish processing plant located in the Asir province of Saudi Arabia. 

Full news available here. 

Professor Amir Sagi of Ben Gurion University, Israel has developed a new fresh-water prawn farming project based on a bio-technology method developed in the country.  

According to Sagi, the new method harnesses the potential to triple the production of fresh water prawns in India by allowing farmers to harvest an all-male prawn population, which will grow three times larger than females over a six-month period.
Full news available here.

The Ministry of Production, Peru recently published draft terms of reference for the recruitment of supervisory companies that will carry out the 'Control and Surveillance of Fisheries and Aquaculture Activity Programme' nationwide.
The terms provide detailed monitoring of the entire fisheries production chain.
Full news available here.



English: Kung yang (lit.: Grilled prawns; Thai...
 Grilled giant river prawns (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



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