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Daily recap, August 4: COVID ravages Vietnam; BC salmon farmers’ more certain future; India shrimp stocking delays

Undercurrent editors roundup the key seafood news stories from the previous day

By Undercurrent News | Aug. 5, 2021 07:12 BST
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Here's a recap of the daily seafood news from Wednesday, August 4:

Vietnam hardest hit as delta variant ravages SE Asian shrimp logistics, prices

Shrimp prices are diving in Vietnam amid the lockdown induced by the spread of the delta COVID variant, with Indonesia and Thailand also impacted. According to the World Health Organization's dashboard, Vietnam has 157,507 confirmed COVID cases and 1,306 deaths through Aug. 2. Although Indonesia and Thailand dwarf this, Vietnam has locked down far more strictly than its two Asian shrimp rivals. Read the full story here [...]

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