US importers are urging Indian packers to spread out their production to a wider range of products and sizes for a more stable market, sources said.

Either way, it does not appear that there will be any shortage of white shrimp in 2012, said Ernie Wayland, vice president with International Marketing Specialists, a US shrimp and seafood importer.

“White shrimp farmers and packers exported over 160 million pounds of white shrimp to the US in 2010 and 2011 combined,” he told IntraFish.

“Unfortunately,