Health & Welfare
With Aldi Süd pledge, all 11 major UK supermarkets have set shrimp welfare targets
All major UK supermarkets now have shrimp welfare targets now in place, with Aldi Süd’s commitment to phase out stunning and ablation.
Intelligence
Catch & Culture Review: Precision aquaculture can shape greater advancements in aquaculture
Precision aquaculture needs testing interdisciplinary innovations as complete operational systems that consistently deliver scalable benefits for farms.
Health & Welfare
Lidl GB bans eyestalk ablation for farmed prawns, joining nine other U.K. retailers
Lidl GB bans eyestalk ablation in farmed prawns and plans electrical stunning to advance animal welfare standards in U.K. shrimp supply chains.
Health & Welfare
Another UK supermarket chain makes shrimp sourcing commitments regarding eyestalk ablation and electrical stunning
Co-op says that by 2027 its shrimp sourcing policy will forbid eyestalk ablation and require electrical stunning pre-slaughter.
Health & Welfare
What is the path to viable alternatives to shrimp eyestalk ablation?
Welfare concerns around the common hatchery technique that underpins global shrimp farming is leading to trials for new approaches.
Health & Welfare
Quality, survival of L. vannamei offspring from ablated, non-ablated females
Evaluating the quality and survival of Pacific white shrimp postlarvae from non-ablated female broodstock, a holistic biosecurity and management strategy.
Innovation & Investment
Innovation Award 2020 finalist: Simao Zacarias’ shrimp eyestalk ablation research
Farmed shrimp eyestalk ablation research is one of three finalists for the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award.
Health & Welfare
Stirling researchers identify viable ablation alternatives for shrimp hatcheries
A research project aimed at improving shrimp hatcheries’ welfare practices shows there is a viable alternative to a common spawn-inducing technique.
Health & Welfare
Stirling researcher preps eyestalk-ablation alternative trials
University of Stirling Ph.D. student Simão Zacarias, who is from is Beira, Mozambique, will soon travel to Isla del Tigre, Honduras, to document evidence showing the benefits of breeding shrimp without eyestalk ablation. His is a journey of hopeful discovery.
Health & Welfare
Camarón sin ablación de Seajoy responde a preocupación emergente de bienestar
La remoción del tallo o pedúnculo ocular de camarones hembras reproductoras ha ayudado en el crecimiento explosivo de la acuacultura a escala comercial. Un compromiso de un productor de camarones de América Central ha demostrado que la producción de camarones sin ablación puede aliviar las preocupaciones de bienestar animal sin la temida caída en la producción.
Health & Welfare
Seajoy’s ablation-free shrimp answers emerging welfare concern
Removing the eyestalk of broodstock female shrimp aided in the explosive growth of commercial-scale aquaculture. An undertaking by a Central American shrimp farmer has shown that producing shrimp without ablation can ease animal welfare worries without the feared drop in production.
Health & Welfare
Researchers capture images for practical molt stage analysis in shrimp
Many production aspects in shrimp culture are related to the molt stage, such as mating in closed-thelycum species, market value and eyestalk ablation.