India approves 50% shrimp broodstock increase

Shrimp farmers in India will have 50 percent more broodstock to purchase after the Costal Aquaculture Authority (CAA) approved increasing imports of the shrimp last month.

Ravi Kumar Yellanki, vice president of the Society of Aquaculture Professionals and secretary of the India Shrimp Hatcheries Association, told IntraFish the prior restriction led to a seed supply shortage in the country and "steep rise in price."

Inability to stock the hatchery ponds at a higher level has also led to high mortality in Zoeal stages.

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