Blue alternative: High Health introduces SPF blue shrimp to Thailand
Blue shrimp are very similar to Pacific white shrimp, and can be raised under similar conditions. Blues grow faster and tolerate lower water temperatures.
Blue shrimp are very similar to Pacific white shrimp, and can be raised under similar conditions. Blues grow faster and tolerate lower water temperatures.
The development of specific pathogen-free Pacific white shrimp and breeding led to rapid adoption of the domesticated shrimp throughout the Western Hemisphere and Asia.
Thailand's dramatic switch from black tigers to disease-resistant Pacific white shrimp has significantly increased profits.
The dramatic transformation of the shrimp sector in Asia was fueled by the switch from monodon shrimp to P. vannamei seedstock from Hawaii.
Recent successes have proven that breeding shrimp for fast growth and virus resistance is both feasible and highly effective.