date:Apr 03, 2014
the white spot disease that decimated the young shrimps dealt a mortal blow to the shrimp culture. Environmental issues compounded the problem and took a toll on the trade.
However, resilient small farmers who had taken to acquaculture thereafter had revived the shrimp industry to certain extent. He pointed out that Viet Nam and China which were earlier doing extremely well in the trade had suffered a severe setback by the early mortality syndrome which affected shrimps as young as 40 days.
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