UK firm opens country's first land-based shrimp farm

Aquaculture startup Great British Prawns is launching a land-based shrimp farm in Scotland, the company said.

The company employs recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) to produce warmwater white shrimp in the 1,500-square-meter farm in Balfron, Scotland.

Great British Prawns’ sustainable farm could hold up to a million fresh shrimp growing to an average size of 25 grams each, the company said.

The land-based farm processes shrimp within 24 hours without the need for freezing. The company expects the first harvest this summer.