The World
Estimated World
Production of Farmed Shrimp and Prawns in 2010
Aquafauna Bio-Marine,
which markets specialized diets,
equipment and consulting services to shrimp hatcheries worldwide, reports that
there are an estimated 2.3
to 2.4 million hectares of shrimp ponds in the world, producing, on average,
approximately 1.3 metric tons a year. Aquafauna says it took an estimated
three billion pairs of broodstock to supply the approximate one trillion
seedstock required by the industry in 2010. Restocking ponds because of seedstock mortalities after stocking accounts
for approximately 30% of the seedstock requirement.
In business for almost
35 years, Aquafauna provided the following data on the world production of shrimp and
prawns in 2010:
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