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Pandemic could wipe 600,000t off 2020 global farmed shrimp production

A simultaneous reduction in demand, due to the COVID-19 pandemic hitting foodservice hard, means prices are unlikely to increase, according to webinar panelists 

By Tom Seaman | Sept. 15, 2020 10:26 BST
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The coronavirus pandemic could see 2020 farmed shrimp production drop by as much as 600,000 metric tons, according to data presented during the Undercurrent News Global Shrimp Market Outlook webinar (watch in full here, or at the bottom of this story) [...]

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