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Trade at APA 2017 The three-day exhibition at the Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2017 (APA) was held from 25-27 July 2017, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The trade show had more than 170 booths. Exhibitors were from 20 countries led by Malaysia, Singapore, USA, Thailand and Taiwan. Products on display included complete feeds, feed ingredients and additives, health and diagnostic services, farming equipment and electronics, cages, tanks, liners, nets, pipes and fittings. Gold Sponsor Sheng Long Bio-Tech International Co Ltd is a leading aqua feed supplier in Vietnam and also counts Malaysia and India as major export destinations for its shrimp feed. In 2016, it exported from Vietnam 15,000 tonnes of shrimp feed and 8,000 tonnes of feeds for the seabass and grouper to Malaysia. In India, Sheng Long exports almost 28,000 tonnes of shrimp feed, pending the completion of its feed mill north of Chennai. “India will be a highly competitive market as there are several new players from China such as Evergreen and New Hope,” said Maple Hung, Vice President-Global Exports. Jeff Jie Cheng Chuang, General Manager, added, “Fortunately, Vietnam’s shrimp feed market is back on track and demand in 2017 is higher than in 2016. The much higher shrimp price is encouraging farmers to start stocking for a second crop.” www.shenglongbt.com
Green Island Feed Mills Sdn Bhd’s team and guests, from left; Allan Goh, Ahmad Hazizi Aziz (guest), Dato Goh Cheng Liang, Dr Roger Chan, Aqua Ceria, Liang Wu and Wen-Fu Tsai (right).
groupers and marine fish. It also plans to move further off shore with 20 and 60 m diameter round cages. www.fishance.com After a long absence at regional trade shows, Japan’s Higashimaru Co Ltd, is now back, offering several types of larval feed for the marine shrimp (vannamei, monodon and japonicus) and marine fish. Products of several years in development, the company’s larval feeds are recognized among users for their high quality and efficiency. www.k-higashimaru.co.jp
In Malaysia, Sheng Long supplies marine fish feed to Langkawi based Fishance Berhad, the most recent aquaculture business in Malaysia, pending its set-up of a 50,000 tonnes per year feed mill. At the Malaysian Farmers Day, Alexey Dorin, CEO highlighted the company’s plans to develop Langkawi into a ‘grouper industry hub’, using a vertical approach, with an indoor hatchery, feed mill, farming in square and round cages and with the inclusion of processing facilities. On why the grouper, Dorin said, “Langkawi is unique and it is logical to focus on the production of quality groupers and grouper hybrids. There is also ongoing R&D on the second generation of hybrids to secure fast weight gain.” The company has started production with 100 cages, and by 2019, aims to have 10,000 cages and produce various species of
Based in Yokohama, Japan, Feed One is a new company formed at the end of 2015, but boasts a long history with its two predecessor companies, Kyodo Shiryo Co Ltd and Nippon Formula Feed Mfg Co Ltd. In aquaculture, the company will bring from Japan the pioneering technology in aquafeed production of Nippon Formula Feed. Some developments by the company include the move to reduce fish meal in its feeds since 2007. By focusing on constraints faced with the reduction of fish meal, the company said that it has achieved growth rates similar to traditional feed products. In future it will gradually reduce fish
The Sheng Long and Guangdong Hisenor team led by Jie-Cheng Chuang (fourth right) with speakers/chairpersons of the Shrimp Industry Session; from centre left, Dr Tran Huu Loc Nong Lam University, Vietnam; Dr Shi-Yen Shiau, Dr Grace ChuFang Lo and Dr Han Ching Wang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan and Dr Yu-Hung Lin, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
Daiji Koga, at the Feed One Co Ltd booth.
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