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President Obama prefers shrimp

President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their two daughters Sasha and Malia traveled to Nancy's Restaurant on the waterfront of the Oak Bluffs section of Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday afternoon.

Crowds gathered to watch as the president, wearing his White Sox baseball cap, noted the abundance of Red Sox caps. He and the First Lady shook hands and posed for pictures with folks in the crowd. The president ordered from the take-out window of the snack bar section of the eatery.

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India allows vannamei aquaculture
The First 1,000 Hectares of Vannamei Ponds in India!



Production of shrimp is likely to get a boost in the 2010–2011 fiscal year from over 1,000 hectares of new Penaeus vannamei ponds, said Anwar Hashim, national president of the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI).
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Private Equity invests in Cambodian shrimp aquaculture

A private equity fund is investing in Cambodia’s largest seafood company to target the Asian, U.S. and European markets and push growth of shrimp aquaculture in the country.

Investment firm Leopard Capital acquired a 31.5 percent equity stake in Nautisco Seafood in May.

Now the group is taking “an active role” in opening up new markets for Nautisco and boosting production capacity, as well as stimulating the development of aquaculture in Cambodia, said CEO Douglas Clayton, who founded Leopard in 2007.

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Malaysian Government cracks down on shrimp transhipment
The state Customs Department in Penang foiled an attempt by a local company to repack imported shrimps from China worth about RM700,000 as made-in-Malaysia products.
 
The shrimps were imported in three containers via the North Butterworth Container Terminal. The shrimps, which were declared as made in Malaysia, were about to be transferred to other containers on Thursday.
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Super prawn's powers surface, now identity must be guarded

AUSTRALIAN scientific ingenuity developed the super prawn but the race is now on to protect the prawn's genetic identity.

A booming, billion-dollar aquaculture industry could rest on the outcome.

The crucial question is how to maintain breeding control of the elite black tiger prawn, which grows about 20 per cent faster than other farmed tiger prawns.

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