Thailand’s change in farmed shrimp production strategies over the years is paying off, and this year producers are expecting a 10-20 percent increase in production, said Siam Canadian General Manager Satasap Viriyanantawanit.

“We used to use a high density, super intensive farming method and we had to use an excessively high volume of feed, which caused issues,” he told IntraFish.

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However, upon switching to lower density stocking for the shrimp ponds, the survival rate changed from 75 percent to 90 percent.

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