NUTRIAD, the feed additives specialist, has boosted its aquaculture team in India with the appointment of a new sales manager.
Goud Dhanunjaya has a Master of Fisheries Science (Aquaculture) from the College of Fisheries, Ratnagiri, India, and 15 years’ hands-on experience in aquaculture sales and technical support to shrimp farms, shrimp hatcheries, aqua feed manufacturers and fish growers in Asia.
The Indian sub-continent has shown tremendous growth in aquaculture during the past decade, with shrimp production increasing in India from around 100,000 tonnes in 2010 to more than 800,000 tonnes this year.
India is widely expected to become the number one producer of shrimp, surpassing China, in 2019.
The region has a tremendous potential in terms of water and coastal resources for future growth.
And Bangladesh has dramatically increased the volume of farmed freshwater fish such as catfish, carp and tilapia.
Erik Visser, CEO of Nutriad, said: ‘The fast expansion of aquaculture is driving the need to solve a number of limiting factors for the industry, including the reduced availability of local fish oil and fishmeal and the increasing impact of diseases on productivity.’
Nutriad has recently joined forces with Adisseo, which operates 11 research centres and has production sites in Europe, the US and China, from where the company designs, produces and markets nutritional solutions for sustainable animal feed.
‘Now that the integration of Nutriad and Adisseo is well advanced, we can offer the combined product portfolio of both our companies, as well as the service of local support teams, to build value adding species specific solutions for our customers,’ said Visser.
‘This is a very exciting development that will bring us accelerated growth into the aquaculture market in the coming years.’