October 25, 2024
Research shows shrimp aquaculture industry can move past eyestalk ablation
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University of Stirling postdoctoral researcher Simão Zacaria – who won the 2020 Global Aquaculture Innovation Award for his research on shrimp eyestalk ablation – has now demonstrated that alternatives to the practice could be cost neutral or even cost saving for shrimp farmers.
Eyestalk ablation, a common practice where shrimp farmers remove one or both eyestalks from a female shrimp to encourage her to lay eggs, has been coming under increasing criticism from retailers and animal rights…
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