date:Apr 12, 2013
with high shipping cost and transit loss due to mortality.
Average cost of brood stock when it reaches the hatchery is estimated at Rs 5,000 and the higher cost of brood stock and transportation ultimately get transferred to the shrimp farmers who purchase seeds at a higher price, it said.
High cost of broodstock is also prompting some hatcheries to source brood stock from shrimp ponds, which ultimately results in the production of poor quality seeds and subsequent crop loss to farmers.
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