This study analyzed the financial viability of inserting the biofloc technology (BFT) system and maintaining the conventional culture system for the marine shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in a farm located in the state of ...

In Brazil, studies and production of penaeid shrimp in a biofloc technology (BFT) system are recent, but the results point to a promising future. Research with feed restriction inducing compensatory growth in shrimps has ...

Uncertainties related to the future behavior of projected cash flows cause doubts when choosing investments. Therefore, it is essential to provide information that assist the entrepreneur in decision-making. This study ...

Marine shrimp farming is an important economic activity in tropical and subtropical regions, but its expansion has contributed to the increase of nutrients and organic matter in coastal ecosystems. Thus, this work evaluated ...

Abstract Shrimp farming has a great ecological, economic, and social importance in northeastern Brazil. Although the conventional farming system is widely used, biofloc technology (BFT) system has been developed to reduce ...

Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems (IMTA) are building ecosystems designed to produce aquatic organisms with less environmental impact. We have developed a simple system and a management strategy for introducing ...