Thursday, January 19, 2012

Shrimp production on the rise

Despite the global economic situation, the shrimp market is on the increase. During 2011 the global shrimp market remained positive, even with lower supply and strong prices worldwide. In Japan even after the tsunami the demand for processed shrimp increased, well in other markets such as the EU and the US processed shrimp imports increased confirming the positive trend within the shrimp industry.

In Thailand the harvesting of vannamei has been delayed due to the natural disaster there, the sever floods, and in the Mekong Delta, disease almost wiped out the black tiger production leading to a shortage of raw material and pushing up prices. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of  'PPLAPP' click here.
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