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India’s Gujarat state goes all in on black tiger as China buys surplus

95% of the production from India's second-largest shrimp producing state is expected to be black tiger this year, with conditions and market downturn making vannamei farming uneconomic

By Dan Gibson | June 14, 2024 10:35 BST
Manoj Sharma, director of Gujarat farmer Mayank Aquaculture (left); and Hetal Petal director of processor Mindhola Seafoods (right) at Seafood Expo Global 2024. Credit: Dan Gibson/Undercurrent News
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BARCELONA, Spain -- For producers in India's Gujarat state, the choice between the two predominant commercial species of farmed shrimp -- vannamei and black tiger -- is no longer a choice at all [...]

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