Local Shrimpers Happy for Foreign Shrimp Tariffs

December 11, 2024 Haylee Kennedy, WKRG

The USITC will issue countervailing duty orders and antidumping orders to help combat the issues American shrimpers have faced.

Shrimp: The Best-Kept Nutritional Secret

The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) and the National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA) presented the Shrimp Nutritional Guide. This resource, developed in collaboration with the Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP), helps dietitians better understand the health benefits of shrimp, debunk myths about its consumption, and highlight its various preparation methods. The guide aims to facilitate the inclusion of shrimp in their clients’ diets.

WEDA Cooperates with Damm Aquakultur in Shrimp and Fish Farming

November 12, 2024 WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp GmbH

The partners complement each other very well for the co-operation: Damm Aquakultur operates a state-of-the-art and leading shrimp breeding facility in Germany with a system design developed in-house and innovative technologies. The shrimps are reared under controlled conditions and using sustainable resources.

FDA Refuses Antibiotic Contaminated Shrimp from 2 BAP-Certified Processors and Continues to Reject Short-Weighted Indonesian Shrimp

November 11, 2024 Southern Shrimp Alliance

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released detailed data regarding fifty-seven (57) seafood entry line refusals in October, of which five (8.8%) were for shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics, along with an additional entry line refusal of shrimp for the same reason in September that was not previously reported.

Biomar Ecuador Achieves Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s (ASC) Feed Certification

Ecuadorian shrimp farmers wanting to use ASC as a competitive edge in global markets – where transparency, responsibility, and traceability are increasingly important – are now able to obtain ASC compliant feed from BioMar.