After its success of raising shrimp, the National Prawn Company, Saudi Arabia, is diversifying into sea cucumbers (Holothuria Scabra). Raising the species in high saline water and a hot environment, has been a challenges, one that has taken three years of research to crack. However, the company is confident it can harvest 90 tons this year.
Sea cucumbers are not well known in Saudi Arabia so the National Prawn Company is targeting markets in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
FAO Aquaculture Services recently started the new website Aquaculture Feed and Fertilizer Resources Information System (AFFRIS). AFFRIS is intended to disseminate the global information on commercially important aquaculture feed and feed ingredients and nutritional profile of globally important selected aquaculture species.
Its a very good website and provides information on -
1.Species Profiles
2.Feed Resources Database
3.Publications
4.FAQ
5.Useful Links
Take a look here.
Its a very good website and provides information on -
1.Species Profiles
2.Feed Resources Database
3.Publications
4.FAQ
5.Useful Links
Take a look here.
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, New Zealand, is to offer aquaculture qualifications from next year. The new courses, which include aquaculture, fish management, and marine conservation, are part of the institution's continuing partnership with Lincoln University, the Cawthron Institute and the Nelson Regional Economic Development Agency.
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