US spark Marine Farms expansion with demand for cobia

Marine Farms (Vietnam) the largest producer of farmed raised cobia in the world, are planning to increase their production facilities due to the surge in demand for cobia from the US. Mr Carlos Massad, general manager of Marine Farms, said "that sales of the company’s akvacobia brand has increased dramatically from 2268 Kg to 9072 Kg per month during the first four months of its official launch in the American market".

He also said that "the company had just leased a hatchery in the Nha Trang area to test out a larval rearing protocol, the first step in potentially building its own hatchery to increase its source of juveniles".  Mr Massad maintains that "the company is on track to expand capacity to 4,000 metric tons by 2014". Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers