The Turkish Shrimp Company (TSC) is planning to start construction of a commercial recirculation aquaculture system (RAS) farm this summer, the audience at the recent EuroShrimp event in Bremen, Germany, was told.

The land-based facility -- which will be located close to the Mediterranean sea -- will have a production capacity of 200 metric tons of Pacific white shrimp (vannamei), Metin Kumlu, director at TSC, and research professor at the University of Cukurova, said.

It got granted the license to import post larvae (PL) for commercial purposes by the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture in March this year, after successfully running pilot facilities for some time, he said.

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