World Farmed Shrimp Production to Double in Ten Years!

Sea Port heard this prediction from George Chamberlain, the president of the Global Aquaculture Alliance, while attending the organization’s GOAL (Global Outlook on Aquaculture Leadership) conference this month (October National Seafood Month).

Mr. Chamberlain proffered this positive prediction while being fully aware of the major shrimp production shortfalls that diseases have caused during the last two years (especially EMS).

However, the foundation of his prediction was that the aquaculture industry will steadily improve

its knowledge of disease processes and will continually implement new practices that will not only help prevent and treat diseases, but also more effectively control their spread.

Back in March of 2013 Sea Port Blogged about EMS?…..this too shall pass and at that time we took a similar upbeat view that EMS and other disease occurrences were normal growing pains of young industry that is currently the world’s fastest growing food production system!

Since Sea Port’s EMS blog over a year and a half ago, shrimp farmers have demonstrated progress in avoiding and mitigating EMS and other diseases. They accomplished this by diligently adhering to established best aquaculture practices and by implementing newly developed husbandry technologies and practices such as:

utilizing genetically improve stocks that resist disease

Improving breeding techniques to assure disease free seedstocks

Starting the early identification of diseased stocks and implementing isolation schemes that address direct and indirect exposure to healthy stocks

Developing and utilizing enhanced feeds that promote disease resistance

Implementing various water quality improvement schemes

World Farmed Shrimp Production to Double in Ten Years?
(Sea Port is definitely not betting against George)