Since 2005, Hendrix Genetics invested heavily in animal breeding and has diversified its portfolio rapidly to four land-based and three aquatic species. In 2017, Hendrix Genetics added shrimp genetic brand Kona Bay to its aquaculture portfolio consisting at that time of salmon and trout. As the same logic of accelerating genetic progress applies to all species, synergies have been realized in developing and applying cutting-edge breeding technologies. Since the acquisition, the Kona Bay breeding program is clearly speeding up its genetic progress and is ready to demonstrate the benefits of being steered by a global multi-species genetics company.............................. Read this story to know more.. To read full article Subscribe too

In the 1970s, a group of researchers were working on improving existing shrimp culture systems to reduce the prevalence of bacterial diseases. Shrimp was a potential global export commodity then, as it is now. These scientists were successful in their experiment and it was the first step to a revolution in aquaculture. They had developed the first floc-based culture system which later formed the basics of the bio-floc system, a global phenomenon today. Presently farmers in several countries, and particularly in India, are in a race to become the top producer/farmer in a bio-floc system. Even though it was initially developed for intensive rearing of shrimp, today, it has been tried and tested in culture of numerous fish species. There is also an increased interest in carrying out Aquaponics; a combination of aquaculture and hydroponics (soilless culture of plants). The technology of aquaponics was initiated in USA where in, the ability of the plants to absorb and utilise inorganic nutrients from aquaculture water was experimented. Aquaponics is an improved version of the recirculatory aquaculture system (RAS). It uses plants to purify the water from aquaculture systems thereby reducing the expenses incurred on the use and maintenance of high-end pumps and filters. These techniques have spread far and wide in the world today. As the global population continues to rise, aquaculture production is also steadily increasing each year. However, existing production systems alone may not be able to uphold the triple baseline of economic, social and environmental well-being. These systems cannot survive without jeopardising at least one of the three factors of sustainability. A new addition to the multitude of integrated agriculture-aquaculture systems,is ‘FLOCponics’; a combination of biofloc technology and aquaponics that was first described by Pinho et al.in 2021and used for co-culturing tilapia and lettuce. Even though the concept was experimented earlier, it was this team that officially named the system as ‘FLOCponics’............................... Read this story to know more...... To read full article Subscribe too

Known for their vibrant bright colours and attractive patterns, the genus Andinoacara belongs to the family Cichlidae, and is restricted to freshwater habitats in north-western South America and southern Central America. Strangely, no members of this genus have been recorded in the Amazon Basin. The natural range of this fish is in the valleys and slopes of the Andes mountains................. The word Andinoacara literally means cichlid from the Andes, where ‘Acara’ is an old term for cichlids. They are medium sized cichlids, ranging from 4 inch to 12 inch when fully grown. There are currently eight recognized species in this genus such as Andinoacara biseriatus, A. blombergi, A. coeruleopunctatus, A. latifrons, (Platinum acara), A. pulcher (Blue acara), A. rivulatus (Gold Saum), A. sapayensis (Sapayo cichlid) and A. stalsbergi (Green Terror). Most of them lives in soft water, except A. stalsbergi, which prefers harder or even brackish water. Their best suited water conditions are temperature ranging from 22 - 28o C with pH between 6.5 to 8.0 and hardness 90 – 445 ppm..... Read on to know more...... . To read full article Subscribe too