File photo of a couple strolling in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. (Kyodo)
Around half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan have no interest in having children, a recent survey by a pharmaceutical firm showed, with respondents citing economic concerns and the burden of childbirth and parenting as their reasoning.
Of the 400 respondents between 18 to 29 years old, 49.4 percent said they do not want children, the highest percentage in any of the last three annual pregnancy white paper surveys conducted by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co.
By gender, it found that 53.0 percent of men and 45.6 percent of women are not interested in becoming parents, citing such reasons as the high cost and anxiety about Japan’s future, the Osaka-based company said in late March.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far L) and others hold signs and letters spelling out “The Children and Families Agency” to commemorate its launch in Tokyo on April 3, 2023. (Kyodo)
The results of the online survey conducted in January came after government data showed the number of babies born in the country last year dropped below 800,000 for the first time since records began in 1899.
To reverse the trend of the declining birthrate in the rapidly aging country, the government in April launched the Children and Families Agency to oversee child policies, also including child abuse and poverty.
The company’s fiscal 2022 survey found that 48.1 percent of married men and women wishing to have children were cooperating with their partners’ fertility efforts, according to the study also covering 800 married couples aged between 25 and 44.
The figure marked a significant drop from 60.3 percent in the fiscal 2020 survey, with a company official speculating that people are spending less time with their partners as life gradually returns to normal following the coronavirus pandemic.
New agency to deal with children’s issues
On April 1, Japan launched a new agency for overseeing child policies as the government under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida struggles to reverse the country’s declining birthrate.
The Children and Families Agency, under the direct supervision of the prime minister, will tackle a wide range of challenges, including the perilously low birthrate, child abuse and poverty, as the “control tower” in compiling policies while eliminating sectionalism.
The agency, the first governmental body to be established after the Digital Agency in September 2021, brought together relevant departments from the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry as well as the Cabinet Office. Combined with people from the private sector and local governments, the agency has around 430 officials.
Yumiko Watanabe, a senior bureaucrat of the welfare ministry, heads the agency.
Its launch comes at a time the number of babies born in the country last year fell to below 800,000 for the first time since record-keeping began in 1899.
Kishida has warned that Japan is “on the brink” of losing its social function against a backdrop of the rapidly falling birthrate.
TAT together with Michelin work together on the Michelin Guide (Thailand) to increase tourist spending by about 10 to 20 percent which goes in alignment with the 3rd tourism development strategy (2023-2027) that aims to increase tourist spending from Thailand and aboard 5 percent and 7 percent annually, respectively.
Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), estimated that foreigners total spending in 2023 will reach THB 2.4 trillion (70.4 billion U.S.dollars). From that, about 25 percent, or around THB 595 billion (17.4 billion U.S. dollars), will come from food and beverages.
Chattan Kunjar Na Ayudhya, TAT deputy governor for marketing communications, told reporters that according to the 2022 survey of tourists in 23 countries, it was found that 76 percent of the respondents were aware of the Michelin Guide and 16 percent were aware of the Michelin Guide Thailand.
Of the 11.15 million tourists that came to Thailand last year, 8 percent or about 690,000 tourists were aware and had tasted Thai food from restaurants in Michelin Guide Thailand. About 11 per cent or 940,000 tourists came to Thailand with the influence of the Michelin Guide Thailand.
Total revenue per foreign tourist increased by 325 baht (9.5 U.S.dollars) per person per trip due to dining at Michelin Guide Thailand restaurants insisting on the programme’s worthiness. The profit was 7.98 times compared to the investment per tourist.
The additional revenue from the programme in 2022 was 223.34 million baht (6.5 million U.S.dollars), while the initial investment by the government was 28 million baht (820,000 U.S. dollars) per year.
Gwendal Poullennec, director of Michelin Guide International, said the Michelin Guide Thailand 2023 would expand its coverage to Koh Samui, Surat Thani, the country’s second-largest island after Phuket. It will also cover more restaurants in Surat Thani, the largest province in southern Thailand.
Chinese fighter jet performs an mid-air refueling maneuver at an unspecified location. The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. (CCTV via AP)
BEIJING (AP) — China sent warships and dozens of fighter jets toward Taiwan on Saturday, the Taiwanese government said, in retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory.
The Chinese military announced the start of three-day “combat readiness patrols” as a warning to Taiwanese who want to make the island’s de facto independence permanent. The People’s Liberation Army gave no indication whether they might include a repeat of previous exercises with missiles fired into the sea, which disrupted shipping and airline flights.
A Chinese fighter jet performs an mid-air refueling maneuver at an unspecified location. (CCTV via AP)
Speaker Kevin McCarthy held talks with President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday in California, adding to a series of foreign lawmakers who have met Tsai to show support in the face of Chinese intimidation. Beijing responded Friday by imposing a travel ban and financial sanctions against American groups and individuals associated with Tsai’s U.S. visit.
On Saturday, eight warships and 42 planes were detected near Taiwan, 29 of which crossed the middle line of the strait that separates the island from the mainland, the island’s Ministry of Defense said. The planes included Chengdu J-10, Shenyang J-11 and Shenyang J-16 jet fighters, it said.
A Chinese ships sail in the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. (CCTV via AP)
Taiwan split with China after a civil war in 1949. The ruling Communist Party says the island is obliged to rejoin the mainland, by force if necessary. Beijing says contact with foreign officials encourages Taiwanese who want formal independence, a step the ruling party says would lead to war.
“This is a serious warning against the collusion and provocation between the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces and external forces,” said a PLA statement. The “Joint Sword” exercises are a “necessary action to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
The Taiwanese military said missile defense systems were activated and air and sea patrols sent to track the Chinese aircraft.
“We condemn such an irrational act that has jeopardized regional security and stability,” a Ministry of Defense statement said.
FILE – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., second from right, welcomes Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen as she arrives at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on April 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government has stepped up efforts to intimidate the island by flying fighter jets and bombers nearby and firing missiles into the sea.
The United States has no official relations with Taiwan’s government but maintains extensive informal and commercial ties. Washington is required by federal law to ensure the island of 22 million people has the means to defend itself if China attacks.
Taiwan and the mainland have multibillion-dollar ties of trade and investment but no official relations.
“We will never leave room for ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist activities in any form and will definitely take resolute measures to defeat any foreign interference,” said a spokesperson for the Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhu Fenglian, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
“Complete reunification of our country must be realized, and it can, without doubt, be realized,” Zhu was quoted as saying Friday.
LONDON (AP) — For “Star Wars” lovers, new entertainment is a little less far, far away — Lucasfilm announced three new live-action films in the franchise Friday.
The news, which includes the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey in one of the films, was revealed at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 in London by Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and also on the Star Wars website. Directing the movies will be James Mangold, Dave Filoni and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Kennedy brought the directors onstage for the announcement.
FILE – Daisy Ridley arrives at the world premiere of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” on Dec. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Mangold’s film will return to the dawn of the Jedi. Filoni’s will be about the New Republic, and “will close out the interconnected stories told in ‘The Mandalorian,’ ‘The Book of Boba Fett,’ ‘Ahsoka,’ and other Disney+ series,” the announcement said. Obaid-Chinoy’s movie will focus on the events after “The Rise of Skywalker,” and feature Ridley back as Rey “as she builds a new Jedi Order.”
A 34-year-old Ukrainian tourist who sprayed paint in different places in the Wichit Subdistrict, Muang District, Phuket Province, was called in by police at the Wichit Police Station and charged.
She was charged with breaking Section 12 of the law, which says that no one can scrape, crack, scratch, write, spray, or make any mark on the wall next to the road, whether it’s text, a picture, or something else. On a road where a tree or part of a building is next to the road or in a public place.
Tourist woman says she just wants to say she’s against Russia invasion of Ukraine and doesn’t want to hurt Phuket’s reputation in any way. She has been in Thailand for about three months, and on April 10, 2023, she will go back to Ukraine.
She also promised that if she visits Thailand again, she will not make such a mistake.
Governor of Bangkok Chadchart Sittipunt gave a press conference on the Maha Songkran Festival in Bangkok 2023, encouraging people and all sectors to participate in Songkran activities, including wearing a colourful floral shirt all over Bangkok.
Wearing a Songkran shirt is also a way to promote the Songkran event in Thailand, which is being looked at by UNESCO for registration as an intangible cultural heritage.
Mr. Chadchart said that this year is the first time in four years that both the public and private sectors are ready to plan large-scale events in all areas. In the past, Songkran activities have been put on hold because of the COVID-19 issue.
Songkran Lan Khon Mueang (city courtyard) is celebrated between April 12 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with many activities, including:
a sacrifice ceremony and the Phra Paritramana Chanting Ceremony, in which participants receive holy water for the prosperity of the Thai New Year.
Alms Giving to Monks
Traditional Water Pouring and Blessing Ceremony for the Elderly
Presented are a temple fair, cultural and artistic performances, a traditional drama, and festive activities.
A display of Thai art and culture Distribution of Bangkok Brand and quality products in fifty districts
Songkran at Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem transforms the canalside into a creative space for all. From 8 to 15 April, from 3:00 to 8:00 PM, there will be shopping, cuisine tasting, and performances at the Phadung Krung Kasem Canal, Luk Luang Road, next to the Crown Property Bureau.
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has also worked with MIT Urban Risk Lab and Collective Resilience Network Thailand to create a Nicemap.info application that displays all 198 Songkran festival locations in Bangkok.
This application displays the event’s format at each stage. Using filters, you can select your preferred area, activity type, and degree of wet demand for Songkran in order to bookmark or verify various information,” said Chadchart.
Additionally, there are notices for local incidents, he added. So that tourists and individuals can select a Songkran travel option that meets what they want. And played in the water without being confined to a single area. Furthermore, it improves festival travel safety, comfort, and simplicity.
As for transportation, BMA feeder electric vehicles are organised to provide free service to tourists and Songkran Festival attendees. By pausing to pick up and drop off passengers every hour along the route “Lan Khon Mueang-Khlong Phadung-Khao San Road,” traffic problems will be reduced and a large number of cars will not be brought into the main event area. During the ouh period, boat travel services will be suspended in Klong Phadung Krung Kasem.ฺ
The governor of Bangkok also requested the cooperation of Maha Songkran Festival participants: play Songkran politely, focusing on preserving the good culture and traditions of Thailand by adhering to the four principles, which are powder-free, high-pressure water gun-free, porn-free, and alcohol-free.
This Songkran, awaken your spirit with “DRUMCODE X BLUE TREE SONGKRAN”, featuring the ‘DRUMCODE’ stage and renowned DJs such as Kolsch, Joris Voorn, Teenage Mutants, Victor Ruiz, Juliet Fox, Bart Skils, Alex Stein, Tom Pooks, Nakadia plus many local DJs.Awaken the fun and party over 2 Days on 2 Stages with 2 Atmospheres on 14th-15th April 2023.
“DRUMCODE X BLUE TREE SONGKRAN” offers a unique experience with a techno music festival led by world-famous DJs. Plus, many local DJs. Double the fun with included access to the largest crystal lagoon in Thailand. There are a wide variety of slides and activities such asSuper Fly, Zipline, Cliff Jumping, Fly Board, Rock Climbing Paddle Board, Aquatic Show, and much more.
The Thai techno iconic, Nakadia, who has achieved international success, will be one of the performers on the “DRUMCODE” stage. She’s excited to officially announce that the DRUMCODE stage will be in Thailand for the first time at the Blue Tree Songkran event. She would like everyone to come and join this amazing event as it promises to be the best two days ever. “See you!”, she says.
Tickets are available for 4,000 baht for online purchase at www.Bluetree.fun or www.Bluetreesongkran.com and for 4,500 baht at the event. The ticket is a Combo Ticket and inclusive access to all activities in the Crystal Lagoon on 14th-15th April 2023.
-Combo Ticket can be used for both days of the event inclusive of access to all water and activities in the Crystal Lagoon area (no single-day ticket sale)
BANGKOK — The hacker accused of stealing and trying to sell personal data of almost every Thai citizen remains at large, the digital economy minister said Friday.
Despite earlier reports saying the hacker, identified as Sgt. Maj. Khemarat of the army’s transportation department, was arrested on Wednesday, minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn said in today’s press conference that police are still looking for him.
“We haven’t caught the suspect yet,” Chaiwut said. “He is a soldier, so there is a court-martial procedure we have to follow. Police can’t just arrest him like ordinary citizens, they have to ask his commander to bring the suspect in. I’m confident that we will be able to find him if he’s still in Thailand.”
The hacker, who operated by the pseudonym of 9Near, had previously stated on his website that he would reveal personal data of 55 million Thai citizens by this past Wednesday unless the government reached out to him. He later withdrew his threat two days before the deadline, citing “sponsor conflict.”
The digital economy minister, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn (centre), held a press conference on April 7, 2023.
Chaiwut also said it remains unclear where the data breach happened and what was the hacker’s motive. An arrest warrant was issued Sunday for Khemarat on disseminating false information changes, he said.
However, national police commissioner Damrongsak Kittiprapas said Friday the data was leaked from the government’s Mor Prom application, which was used by citizens for vaccination services during the coronavirus pandemic. He also dismissed reports that the hacker has close ties to an unspecified politician.
“I haven’t received any reports about it,” Pol. Gen. Damrongsak said.
Authorities had doubted the amount of data he actually possessed and ordered internet service providers to block access to his website last week. The website now appears to be offline and there have been no words from 9Near since the news of the alleged arrest broke as of publication time.
If the data was released, it would contain personal data such as full names, ID numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and phone numbers. The minister said no one has come forward to file a complaint against the hacker so far.
Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza Strip, Friday, April 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel conducted rare airstrikes in Lebanon on Friday, a sharp escalation that sparked fears of a broader conflict after militants fired dozens of rockets from Lebanon into Israeli territory. Israel also continued bombarding the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon — what analysts described as the most serious border violence since Israel’s 2006 war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group — threatened to push the confrontation into a dangerous new phase following violence at one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites.
Also on Friday, the Israeli military said that a Palestinian carried out a shooting attack against Israelis in the northern West Bank. Israeli medics said that three people were critically wounded and remained unconscious. The shooting marked the latest incident in a period of unusually high violence in the occupied territory.
Although the Israeli military was quick to emphasize that its warplanes struck sites belonging to only Palestinian militant groups, the barrage risks drawing in Israel’s bitter foe Hezbollah, which holds sway over much of southern Lebanon and has in the past portrayed itself as a defender of the Palestinians and the contested city of Jerusalem.
Even as Israel announced it was allowing residents of the south to leave bomb shelters and return home after an hourslong lull in hostilities, the Israeli military said it was boosting infantry and artillery forces along the country’s borders with Lebanon and Gaza “to prepare for all possible scenarios.”
“The forces are on high alert,” said Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari.
An Israeli woman inspects damage to her house hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, southern Israel, Friday, April 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
A Palestinian official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media, said that Egyptian security officials have been working with Hamas and Israel to de-escalate the situation.
Earlier Friday, Israeli missiles struck an open field in the southern Lebanese town of Qalili, near the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidiyeh, according to an Associated Press photographer and residents, killing several sheep and inflicting minor injuries on residents, including Syrian refugees. Other strikes hit a small bridge and power transformer in the nearby town of Maaliya and damaged an irrigation system providing water to orchards in the area.
Qalili resident Bilal Suleiman said his family woke to “violent bombing” that shattered their windows. “I immediately gathered my wife and children and got them out of the house in case there was another strike,” he said.
The Lebanese military said it found another rocket launcher Friday after dismantling several the day before.
Palestinians inspect damage from overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Friday, April 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
The Israeli airstrikes came in response to an unusually large barrage of rockets from Lebanon after Israeli police raids at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem spiraled into unrest and sparked outrage in the Arab world. The holy site, a tinderbox for Israeli-Palestinian tensions, sits on a hilltop sacred to both Muslims and Jews. In 2021, an escalation also triggered by clashes at the Al-Aqsa compound spilled over into an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers.
On Friday, violence again broke out at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Chaos erupted at one of the entrances to the esplanade before dawn prayers on Friday as Israeli police wielding batons descended on crowds of Palestinian worshippers, who chanted slogans praising Hamas as they tried to squeeze into the site. An hour later, according to videos, people leaving the prayers staged a vast protest on the limestone courtyard, with Palestinians raising their fists and shouting in support of Hamas rocket fire, and Israeli police forced their way into the compound.
Police did not comment on the earlier beatings, but said security forces entered the holy compound after prayers in response to “masked suspects” who threw rocks toward officers at one of the gates.
Military analysts and officials said they did not expect heavier fighting given the limited nature of Israeli strikes, but scenes of Israeli police beating Palestinians could further inflame tensions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor.
Israeli police remove the remains of an intercepted rocket fired from Lebanon in Shlomi, northern Israel Thursday, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Israeli military said it was clear that both sides wanted to avoid a full-blown conflict. “Quiet will be answered with quiet,” Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, a spokesman for the Israeli military told reporters Friday. But, he added, “All our eyes are now on Jerusalem.”
The Israeli military said on Friday that Palestinian militants in Gaza had so far fired 44 rockets from Gaza, only 23 of which crossed into Israeli territory. The others either failed to launch, fell into the Mediterranean Sea, or were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome aerial defense system, the military said. Most missiles that managed to cross the border struck open areas in Israel’s south, but one landed in the town of Sderot, sending shrapnel slicing into a house. There were no reports of Israeli casualties.
The Israeli military said it pounded Gaza with more airstrikes on Friday, hitting 10 targets that it described as underground tunnels, along with weapons production and development sites belonging largely to the Hamas militant group. There were no immediate reports of casualties in Gaza, but the Palestinian Health Ministry said that one of the strikes caused some damage to a children’s hospital in Gaza City.
“This is not the first time that health facilities have been targeted, and it is unacceptable,” the ministry said of the damage to Al Dorra Pediatric Hospital, which it said caused panic and confusion.
Hecht added that the military was looking into the reports of damage to the hospital. Residents in Gaza surveyed destruction at the site of a nearby Israeli attack in Gaza City, where an airstrike bore massive holes into the dirt, charred cars and blew out windows.
A man inspects damage to a shopping center from an intercepted rocket fired from Lebanon in Shlomi, northern Israel Thursday, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The current round of violence began Wednesday after Israeli police twice raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque. That led Thursday to rocket fire from Gaza and, in a significant escalation, the barrage from Lebanon.
The Israeli military said it would hold Lebanon accountable for rockets fired from its territory. Lebanese caretaker Defense Minister Maurice Slim, in a meeting with his Italian counterpart, promised Friday that the Lebanese army was working to “control security and maintain stability and calm in the south.”
Tensions have simmered along the Lebanese border in recent weeks as Israel appears to have ratcheted up its shadow war against Iranian-linked targets in Syria, another close ally of Iran, Israel’s archenemy in the region.
Suspected Israeli airstrikes in Syria in recent weeks have killed two Iranian military advisers and temporarily put the country’s two largest airports out of service. Hecht, the military spokesman, said Thursday’s rocket fire was not believed to be connected to events in Syria.
“It’s Hamas-dominant,” Hecht said, referring to the targets of the Israeli airstrikes both in Lebanon and Gaza.
In Jerusalem, even as calm returned to at Al-Aqsa a few hours after the burst of violence, the situation remained tense ahead of midday Friday prayers.
For the previous two nights, Palestinians have barricaded themselves in the mosque with stones and firecrackers. Israeli police have fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to evict the worshippers. On Tuesday, Israeli police fiercely beat Palestinians and arrested over 400 people, stoking rage across Arab towns in Israel, the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Israeli authorities control access to the site, but the compound is administered by Islamic and Jordanian officials.
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ISABEL DEBRE reported from Jerusalem. Abby Sewell in Beirut contributed to this report.
Charoen Pokphand Foods Ltd. (CP Foods) has announced the grand opening of its sustainable shrimp farm, Homegrown Shrimp USA, located in Indiantown, Florida. This marks a significant step for the Thai agriculture firm as it expands its presence in the developed market of the United States while maintaining a strong focus on sustainability.
Located in a rural, cattle and citrus community in the heartof Martin County. It produces Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), the most widely shrimp cultured worldwide, and includes a hatchery established 5 years ago that has been producing and selling shrimp postlarvae to shrimp farmers in several countries around the world. It also now boasts its newly finished indoor grow-out facility, which recently started operations. “HGS now creates in the U.S. a much-desired, premium, wholesome and sustainable shrimp that consumers can enjoy and also feel good about consuming it,” said Dr. Robins Macintosh, HGS CEO and CP Foods Senior Vice President.
CP Foods’ commitment to producing sustainable shrimp in those countries it trades and conducts business with. HGS’s hatchery has the capacity to produce over 60 million postlarvae annually, and its new 80,000 ft2 indoor, metal building to grow the postlarvae to market size – which includes 40 circular production tanks and 8 tanks to recycle water and collect solid wastes, as well as a state-of-the-art water recirculation system, and the ability to control and keep water temperatures – a critical limitation to outdoor culture of shrimp – at slightly over 30 degrees-C, ideal for shrimp growth, survival and well-being.
CP Foods has been a leader in the development of shrimp culture since 1985, when there were less than 500 tons of shrimp produced in the world. Today, that figure is over 5 million tons of shrimp – and much of that increase has been possible thanks to technologies developed within the CP Foods. Its pioneering advances in shrimp genetics and in culture system technologies have reduced the cost of shrimp to consumers, made more shrimp available to the huge U.S. market, and made shrimp the top seafood in the country.
The opening ceremony included speeches from Thailand’s Ambassador to the U.S., His Excellency Tanee Sangrat, and from Dr. Robins MacIntosh. Also in attendance were Mrs. Cholatip Kambhu Sangrat (spouse of Ambassador Tanee); Mr. Thitiwat Sukhasvasti Na Ayudhaya, Economic Counselor, Royal Thai Embassy; and Ms. Maria D. Sariol, Honorary Consul-General in Coral Gables. CP FOODS executives present included Dr. Sujint Thamasart and Anat Julintron. Also in attendance were numerous HGS clients, friends of the company, and prominent members of the local community.
Dr. Macintosh’s final comments during the ceremony addressed the relevance of the innovative, industry-changing pioneering efforts embodied by HGS: “It is with disruptive technology being developed and optimized here [HGS] that aquaculture becomes one of the solutions for our deteriorating oceans…our mantra is ‘saving the oceans and helping feed people through aquaculture.’ Ultimately, as more knowledge is gained and efficiency improved in this facility, we envision these projects locally producing shrimp sustainably year-round anywhere in the world.”
