India’s whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) production is expected to exceed 450,000 metric tons (MT) this year, an increase of 10 percent on last year’s record harvest of 406,000 MT.

Speaking at the fourth edition of the Aqua Aquaria India (AAI) expo, held last week in Karnataka in southwest India, the state’s Fisheries Minister, Pramod Madhwaraj, highlighted that together with the country’s black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) production, …