Society of Aquaculture Professionals organized Twelfth Edition of AQUA INDIA 2024 from 15th February to 17th February, 2024 held on Radisson Airport, Chennai. The following areas were discussed in this event; Global Market Demand and Indian supply, India's Shrimp Market Potential, Sustainability in Shrimp production and Markets, Improvements in Post Harvest Handling, Monodon and Species Rotation, Pond Preparation and Cropping Pattern, Shrimp Nurseries and Multiphase Farming, Shrimp Diseases and Mitigation Strategies, Functional Ingredients and Feeds, Feeds and Feeding.
With the theme “RESILIENCE RECOVERY RESURGENCE”, the 11th edition of AQUAINDIA, a biennial conference of the Society of Aquaculture Professionals (SAP), India, was organized at Feathers Hotel, Chennai from the 23rd to 25th June 2022. Living upto its trademark standard, AQUAINDIA 2022 also had eminent international and Indian speakers sharing their knowledge on topics ranging from global markets, shrimp production trends and technologies, disease and domestic markets for farmed seafood etc. The panel discussions in all the sessions were highly interactive and productive for the delegates attending the conference. Shifting a little aside from tradition, this edition was a three-day event, with registrations and the inaugural session being completed on the afternoon of the 1st day of the event. The next two days were packed with technical sessions and panel discussions.
With the theme “RESILIENCE RECOVERY RESURGENCE”, the 11th edition of AQUAINDIA, a biennial conference of the Society of Aquaculture Professionals (SAP), India, was organized at Feathers Hotel, Chennai from the 23rd to 25th June 2022. Living upto its trademark standard, AQUAINDIA 2022 also had eminent international and Indian speakers sharing their knowledge on topics ranging from global markets, shrimp production trends and technologies, disease and domestic markets for farmed seafood etc. The panel discussions in all the sessions were highly interactive and productive for the delegates attending the conference. Shifting a little aside from tradition, this edition was a three-day event, with registrations and the inaugural session being completed on the afternoon of the 1st day of the event. The next two days were packed with technical sessions and panel discussions.
Aqua India 2020 was held on January 31-February 1, 2020 at the Le Meridien Hotel in Kochi, a port city in the southwestern state of Kerala in India, a city that has a rich history of seafood trading and cuisine. The theme of the conference was “The Changing Face of Indian Aquaculture.”
Nineth Aquaculture Event “Aqua India 2018” was held on the 2nd and 3rd, February 2018 at Feathers Hotel, Chennai,Tamilnadu, INDIA. The theme of the two day conference was "Taking Indian Aquaculture to Greater Heights". Aqua India 2018 has been addressed by Eminent speakers from India and Abroad and would cover varied range of current and interesting topics on Shrimps and Finfish Aquaculture. Target audience has been participated from various sectors, Aquaprofessionals, Farmers, Hatchery operators, Feed Millers, Processors / Exporters, Manufacturers & Suppliers of Inputs to the hatchery and farm, Diagnostic personnel, Scientists, Representatives of Government departments, Universities and all those who play a pivotal role in aquaculture development and promotions.
Society of Aquaculture Professionals’ (SAP) Aqua India 2016 conference held in Hotel Taj Gateway, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on January 29-30. The conference held in the theme of "Indian Aquaculture: Assuming Responsibilities & Adapting to Changes". The following topics were covered in the event: Sustainable Aquaculture Challenges and Opportunities, Indian Shrimp Scenario: Strategies for Sustainable Growth, Regulating for Responsible Aquaculture: CAA's Response to Concerns in India's Shrimp Farming, Emerging Disease Issues in Shrimp Aquaculture, Shrimp Health in Asia, Certification for Sustainable and Responsible Aquaculture, Future Shrimp Market: Opportunities & Challenges.
The Aqua India 2014 conference was held in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, on the 24-25th of January, 2014 with the theme of "Sustaining Momentum & Spreading Success". A wide range of topics were discussed: Global Aquaculture Scenario, Indian Aquaculture Scenario, Vannamei shrimp farming status, Issues related to Vannamei Farming/Hatchery, Future of Black Tiger, Freshwater Fish Farming, Marine Fish Farming, World shrimp markets.
SAP launches the first edition of an exclusively fish farming focused event in the heart of the biggest fish farming region of India.Experts have discussed the need for diversified aquaculture with better management of ponds and rearing of fish varieties in demand. Farmers, researchers, officials and scientists from the State and Central government organisations exchanged views on various aspects of aquaculture at ‘Fish India 2023’ conclave organised by the Society of Aquaculture Professionals (SAP) on 24.02.2023. More than 200 delegates from different States and foreign universities, consultants and heads of various companies attended the event. Founder president, SAP, S.Sanathanakrishnan said that stakeholders of aquaculture discussed various issues related to feed supply, hatchery and pond management. S. Kandhan, Director, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), a research wing of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), spoke on ‘Seed quality for successful seabass farming’. He explained the rising demand for seabass in the market. Prof. Dominique Bureau of the University of Guelph, Canada, gave a presentation on ‘Making precision fish farming in Asia with latest technology’. Principal Scientist, Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, R. Jaya Kumar, farmer and Aquaculture Outlook editor Jaideep Kumar and others spoke.
Shrimp Crop 2023 Review was organised by Society of Aquaculture Professionals on 6th January 2024 at GRT Hotel, Chennai. Mr.A. Kumaraesan, presented the crop review report of North India which includes Haryana, Punjab and Rajastha, Mr.Iyappan presented the Crop Production Review Report of Tamilnadu. Representative from feed companies and Consultants presented the crop review report of various regions. SAP Officials, Government Authorities and Senior Managers of Feed Companies participated in the event.
The fourth annual crop review was held in Chennai. Sixty five invited dignitaries attended. One crop report each from Tamil Nadu, South Andhra, Central AP, North AP, Odisha, West Bengal & North India and West Coast of India (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala) were presented by regional experts, Mr A. Kumaresan (Sheng Long), Mr V.R. Mansingh (CP), Mr Shrinibas Mohanty (Avanti), Mr Ganesh Arekere (CP), Mr Anupam Pande (Poseidon) and Mr Vivek Kadolkar (Grobest). The session was moderated by Mr S. Muthukaruppan. At the end, SAP's veteran data masters and Past Presidents, Mr Ravi Kumar Yellanki, Mr S. Chandrasekar and Mr Muthukaruppan reconciled the shrimp production data with the export data, hatchery production data and feed sales data. Our estimate for farmed shrimp production in 2023 was 900,000 tons. Compared to our estimate for 2022 which was 930,000 tons this was a slight contraction. But, there is a general consensus that production will drop in 2023 on account of depressed global prices and increased cost of production. We may end up producing 750,000 to 800,000 tons in 2023.
The stakeholder discussion moderated by our Immediate Past President Mr Ravi Kumar Yellanki in the afternoon took each major impediment to the sector's growth and analyzed the reasons and tried to come up with answers. We certainly need to work with broodstock suppliers to come up with disease resistant stocks. We have to ask the farmers to stock only if they are confident of a successful crop, stock well within the carrying capacity of the farm and look for every opportunity for operating cost reduction. Government has to work on barriers to exports in the European and Asian markets.
The final presentation of the day was by yours truly on domestic marketing of shrimp. If we want one third to one half of our farmed production to enter into domestic market, we need to organize ourselves better and promote shrimp much more aggressively. We have floated a plan that gained wide acceptance during the meeting.
On February 24, 2022 SAP conducted its review of the shrimp crop in 2021. In the closed doors event in which about 30 invited participants presented regional and sectoral reviews of shrimp aquaculture in India in 2021. The results revealed a surge in farmed shrimp production to a little more than 900,000 tonnes in the year. As always, Andhra Pradesh contributed more than half of this production. Just three districts, Krishna, West Godavari and East Godavari, contributed to half of India's production (and more than what Indonesia and Thailand, some of the top ranking producers in the world contribute now) and the increase in this region was the reason behind India's surge too. A detailed report based on the review is under preparation and will be shared towards the end of March.
Society of Aquaculture Professionals (SAP) concluded a review of shrimp farming in India in 2020. In a series of virtual meetings held among industry stakeholders on January 29-30, 2021, the unanimous opinion was that farmed shrimp production declined from a record production of nearly 800,000 tonnes in 2019 to about 650,000 tonnes in 2020, a 19% drop. Earlier forecasts in meetings organized by SAP in 2020 were nearly 30%, so the actual decline was less than what was predicted. The present review highlighted that while the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown of 2020 had an immediate as well as lasting negative impact on shrimp farming, processing and exports. However, production losses due to diseases continue to mount and require urgent attention. While farmers are adapting measures such as short crop cycles, nurseries and the use of functional feeds to counter the problems, much productivity loss can be averted if diseases are managed well.National level surveillance of shrimp diseases needs to continue but with greater focus and accountability. Producers need to follow the principles of sustainable farming, especially in the areas of pond preparation, on-farm biosecurity measures, seed selection, stocking and farm management. At a higher level, understanding the carrying capacity of the ecosystem that supports the farming as well as the individual farming units themselves is of utmost importance. Investments in the improvement of infrastructure to support the farming intensity, and choice of the right genetics for the production systems would be critical to success in challenging times.
Bengal Shrimp Conclave 2024 organized by Society of Aquaculture Professionals and Contai Aqua Technician's Welfare Association on 20.01.2014 at Purba Medinipur, West Bengal.The four key speakers, Mr.Shrinibas Mohanty, Mr.Saji Chacko, Mr.Jaideep Kumar and Dr.Edward Danish delivered their lecture on Weather and Diseases in Shrimp Farming, Traditional Black tiger to modern Vannamei Farming in West Bengal, Recent issues and future planning for shrimp farming, Perspective and future strategies for culture and exports respectively.
Regional Aquaculture Production Course (RAPCOS) USSEC SAASA , Hyatt Regency, Chennai, India.
RAPCOS is a part of technical servicing and capacity building exercise by USSEC. USSEC partnered with Society of Aquaculture Professionals(SAP) and hosted the Regional Aquaculture Production Course(RAPCOS) at Chennai, India from 07th Aug - 12th Aug, 2023. This event had eminent speakers on Nutrition dealt in length on Principles of Aqua Nutrition, Developmemt of Sustainable Aquafeeds, importance of Soybean and its derivatives in Aquafeeds, traceability and certification etc. Over the course of 6 busy days, Aquaculture and Feed milling participants from India and Bangladesh involved themselves completely both during the classroom sessions as well during the field trips. The event heralds the beginning of Sustainable Aquaculture practices with the adoption of new technologies, development of trained manpower and usage of nutrition as a tool to handle diseases. The new era of Sustainable Aquaculture and U.S. Soy involves a heightened emphasis on environmentally conscious and socially responsible practices. In Aquaculture, this means optimizing feed efficiency, reduce waste and maintenance of better water quality. USSEC strongly believes in collaborative efforts to increase Aquaculture production to meet the global demand for seafood and Soy while protecting the environment and communities.
Society of Aquaculture Professionals, organized a webinar “Taking farmed seafood to the consumers: A conversation with the movers & shakers in the new market place” on 22 October 2021. Seven key speakers; professionals who in the recent past have made inroads in the domestic marketing front outlined their strategies to further promote seafood consumption in the country. It was felt that bigger and combined efforts from all stakeholders, including the government, which includes campaigns to encourage seafood consumption, is the need of the hour to hasten domestic market development.Over 180 participants attened this webinar.
Society of Aquaculture Professionals under its Educational Initiatives is offering a lecture Series to Students in aquaculture programs nationwide. The series is focused on industry practices in aquaculture programs nationwide. The series is focused on industry practices in aquaculture and will be handled by practicing aquaculture professionals. SAP has started this initiative with the Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, a premier postgraduate institution in the country. The event was held on July 17th,2021 and Aug 24th, 2021 on the zoom platform.
A Webinar on “Overcoming the hardships in shrimp farming – lessons from India and elsewhere” conducted by SAP from 7-8, January, 2021.Renowned experts from major shrimp farming countries in Asia participated in a roundtable discussion to share their insights.
The “Global Shrimp Markets: Looking Beyond the pandemic” webinar organized by the Society of Aquaculture Professionals, live on Zoom from the 23rd to 24th of September, 2020. COVID-19 is complicating the supply chains in most of the shrimp farming countries and disrupting the markets in the major shrimp consuming countries.This webinar had provided perspective about both supply & demand sides of the market. On September 23rd, global experts on the shrimp business, namely George Chamberlain (Global Aquaculture Alliance), Angel Rubio (Urner Barry), Vincent Lin (Grobest Foods), Pawan Kumar Gunturu (Sprint Foods) and Willem van der Pijl (Shrimp Insights) have provided an outlook of markets in the U.S, E.U and China. On the 24th, the supply scenario in India (Paresh Shetty), Ecuador (Gabriel Luna), Vietnam (Samson Li) and Indonesia (Haris Muhtadi) have been discussed. The webinar concluded that the Global Shrimp demand supply has only moderately been affected by disruptions due to the pandemic and it is more likely that the response to price falls would redefine markets in future.
The Society of Aquaculture Professionals (SAP) on 8th September, 2020 with the support of National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) virtually hosted a programme on orientaion to funding opportunities under Pradhan mantri matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Authority(FIDF) for Aquaculture Developement. Dr. C. Suvarna, IFS, Chief Executive of NFDB provided a broad overview on the two schemes (PMMSY and FIDF) to stimulate investments in Fisheries and Aquaculture. Shri. G. Rathinaraj and Shri. Arul Bosco Prakash, Executive Directors, NFDB explained in detail the Orientation to PMMSY and FIDF respectively. The guidelines for both the schemes are available at NFDB and DoF websites.
The Society of Aquaculture Professionals (SAP) organized a SYMPOSIUM ON KEY TOPICS IN AQUACULTURE NUTRITION at Hotel Feathers on the 1st February 2018. This was SAP’s first initiative in a specialized discipline like nutrition and Dr. Victor Suresh, the convenor of the symposium suggested that this could be the precursor for more such programmes by SAP on Genetics, Health and Post Harvest Technology. This meeting was primarily to ensure that technology advances are focussed on assuring that aquaculture feeds that drive the growth of the sector are produced sustainably. The Key speakers of the Symposium were Dr. Sadasivam Kaushik, European Research Area Chair, Ecoaqua, Las Palmas University, Gran Canaria, Spain, Mr. Martin Guerin, Founder & Director , Aquinov Services, Malaysia, Dr. Alberto Nunes, Associate Professior, Labomar, Brazil, Mr. Alexander Van Halteren, Nutriad Belgium, Dr. Fuci Guo, DSM Singapore, Dr. Alexandros Samartzis, Evonik Singapore, Dr. Narrotam P. Sahu, CIFE Mumbai, Dr. Biju Sam Kamalam, Scientist, Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research India, and Dr. Victor Suresh the convenor of the symposium and Vice President SAP.
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