Blue Archipelago Berhad (BAB) Shrimp Aquaculture

glum Archipelago Berhad (BAB) Shrimp AquacultureSPECIAL TOPIC IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY intuitionACADEMIC TALK REPORT OF BLUE ARCHIPELAGO BERHADWAN MAISARAH BINTI WAN ZAMRI displayA leading peewit aquaculture ships company named grungy Archipelago Berhad (BAB) is a accessory of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the strategic investment arm of the government of Malaysia. The renderment of this company was since 2010. The company is focused on the growthion of premium note seafood for the global market. The bank line is build based on the high quality standards, food safety, ecologic sustainability and social responsibility. Their ultimate betoken is to develop a Malaysian seafood denounce that is associated with wholesomeness and integrity.Currently, BAB operates two conjure ups, iKERPAN (Integrated Kerpan) in Kedah and iSHARP (Integrated Shrimp Aquaculture Park) in Setiu. The existing of iKERPAN and iSHARP are capable to increase productivity thus increasing the market share of Blu e Archipelago Berhad.BAB is the first in Malaysia implementing SAP Business All-in-One and SAP Business Objects exhibit Standard Solutions to optimize their operations. High-tech solutions are vital as they aim to be the market leader in the region focusing the vocation internationally while maintaining high quality food and ecological sustainability. on with the business expansion, BAB is committed in giving back to society. They have open Blue Archipelago Community Alliance (BACA) and Certificate in Shrimp Aquaculture (CISA) that aims to school the human capital.The vision, misson, and values of Blue Archipelago Berhad include VisionWe aim to be a world-class seafood company.MissionWe are committed to be an honorable organization that conventions transparency in business dealings striving for commercialized and environmental sustainability and practicing corporate responsibility.We undertake to set the highest standards in food safety, quality, service, reliableness and cost efficiency of our operations.We are determined to be market-driven and to meet our customers requirements effectively.We drink to provide a dynamic and challenging environment for our employees and to build immense term relationships with everyone associated with us.ValuesPassionWe put our heart and mind in our work to deliver the best value to all our stakeholders.Reliable We providetimely, close and cost effective products and services.Empowerment We empower our employees to take positive initiatives, to do what is right and to give their best atall times.Accountability We are fully trusty for our decisions and actions that influence our business operations and the impact it has to our stakeholders.Respect We give delinquent respect to all and maintain the environment of team work, growth and mutual benefit.LEARNING OUTCOMESAccording to Mr. Nazrul Fadhli, the Human Resource Manager of Blue Archipelago Berhad, thither were challenges in conducting fish aquaculture. The main challenge was diseases. White spot and yellow spot were the common diseases occur to peewit. White spot disease has been infected the shrimp in BAB afterward three years establishment of BAB. A disease called early mortality syndrome (EMS) was and extraordinary disease but iSHARP BAB was superfluous from this disease. The diseases that occur to the shrimp may decrease the yield until 60%. The major(ip) factor of disease was the source of water and disease to a fault could place from human error.Next challenge was the cost. Shrimp aquaculture bring forthing really assume high cost. Mr. Nazrul Fadhli added, the shrimp named Penaeus monodon, the giant tiger prawn or Asiatic tiger shrimp was costly but they were long-term culture period, comfortable to get diseases, low survival and bigger size. But Blue Archipelago Berhad has vannamei shrimp. BAB has been expend RM 200 million to buy the land in order to built the whole BAB include the 190 ponds in Kedah.To ensure that our shr imp product is safe, high quality and sustainable, we need to get certifications from accredited bodies in aquaculture practices. As BAB, their facilities had received certifications of Best Aquaculture Practices and certificates by Global Aquaculture Alliance, Hazardous Analysis and sarcastic Control Point (HACCP) and EU number certification from Ministry of Health MALAYSIA. In addition, iKERPAN also has been accorded certification by Department of Fisheries, the competent authority in Malaysia to export shrimps to EU countries.In order to stick premium shrimp, they had practice 4-starproduct traceability. From hatchery to processing, stringent bio-security standards are adopted in BAB to maintain peak quality and ensure excellent traceability. The level of the biosecurity tramp be classified into two level A and level B. For level A, we were not allowed to enter the farm within 48 hours whereas level B put forwardnot enter within 24 hours.BAB also practices full strength seawa ter culture for tastier shrimp. The water was channelled into the farm by a 2.8 km seawater administration and discharged to the river after a series of retention and treatment ponds ensuring the local environment the Great Compromiser unaffected. Fully lined ponds and ideal weather conditions were also has been performed by BAB. Malaysias tropical climate allows for continuous shrimp farming. This is an advantage as they can practice staggered stocking and carry our harvesting plans for their live shrimps. These factors were vital in delivering uniform yield, size and quality in produce besides allowing for more production cycles per pond. It also ensures that the shrimp colour is dark.Besides that, they were stressed on the rules and regulations in shrimp farming. One of the rules includes traceability of the shrimp such as halal, HACCP and EU commendation since shrimp is consumed by human. BAB products has been accorded with HALAL, HACCP and EU certification marking their com mitment to produce 100% safe, high quality shrimps that meet stringent global standards. The shrimp also should be traced the feed being fed and should know whether in that respect are chemicals or not. As BAB, they applied 100% no antibiotics and hormones to the shrimp. By practicing this, not only were they safe for consumption, the high quality water also enhances their taste and the farming techniques preserve their natural texture. Other than that, in shrimp farming rules, we also cannot simply discharge water into sea because it can case water pollution.Next, we also learned about farm management. The direction to manage the farm includes be in control, for instance, BAB use automatic system of paddle wheel which serves as aeration and to supply oxygen to the shrimp. They also establish monitoring centre to monitor the condition of their shrimp farm and the activities performed by their workers. More advanced, they have sonic sensor to detect when the shrimps need feed. infe renceIn a nutshell, we had learned a lot of things from Blue Archipelago Berhad oddly in shrimp farming. Blue Archipelago Berhad is definitely a great shrimp aquaculture company that can be emulated. Moreover, since we are wolf Husbandry scholarship student, we able to apply those knowledgeable information in the future. Hopefully, there volition be other academic talk that can give benefits to Animal Husbandry Science students in the future.REFRENCESBlue Achipelago. Available at http//www.bluearchipelago.com/. Accessed at 31May 2015.