Healthier Shrimp = Better World
World shrimp production tops 6 million metric tons each year, and demand continues to grow. The good news is in many developing countries, shrimp fishing and farming creates jobs and income. The bad news is that the wild shrimp broodstock in these countries tends to be riddled with disease, causing 80 percent to die before reaching maturity and those that live grow slowly, and rarely reach full size. Bangladesh produces and exports upwards of 70,000 tons of shrimp, amounting