Are markets ready for a global shrimp boom?

Global production of vannamei in 2020 is expected to be 18 percent above volumes of 2017, according to a study conducted by James Anderson, director of the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, and co-authors Diego Valderrama of George Mason University, and Darryl Jory from the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA).

The data, which differs from FAO figures, was collected through GOAL surveys between 2010 and 2017.

“Expectations are bullish through 2020; every region is expecting an upturn in production,” Anderson told delegates at the first day of the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s GOAL.