Today is 21 September 2023; back in 1983, it was my first trip on a commercial fishing boat. I had to be 18 years old to get my “2nd mate ticket”, and even if I had done the equivalence from my Navy one a couple of weeks before while still 17, the day after my b’day (16/9), I was at the Argentinean coastguard (Prefectura) with all the papers. I had a job lined up as a deckhand in a small coastal trawler of Mar del Plata because while I knew how to take a boat and operate it from A…

Malaysia's first shrimp farm operated with the help of Sustainable Aquaculture Farming System (SAFS) has officially commenced white leg shrimp farming (vannamei) in Penang, marking a new chapter in Penang's seafood industry. According to Pearl Express, Penang Premier Cao Kwan Yau visited Asia Aquaculture's smart shrimp farm in Batuman, Penang on Sunday afternoon to understand the prospects and needs of the industry. When asked by reporters later, he said that the relevant industries have great potential, the demand in the market is huge, the future prospects are very promising, once well planned, it will certainly be able to contribute to…

ECUADOR: VASEP, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, report that CP's Robins McIntosh said Ecuador's current growth shows the country can produce 2.5 MT of shrimp by 2027, close to current levels of shrimp imports from the main markets. After surpassing the farming level of 1 MT of vannamei shrimp production in 2021, based on the growth trajectory, Ecuador's production is expected to increase by 1.5 million in the next 6 years. McIntosh said demand in the world's major shrimp import markets is currently 2.85 MT, led by the United States and China with 1 million and 900,000…