Shrimp farming in the top producing countries

Industry production status

The aquaculture species with the highest total farm gate value in terms of global production is the Penaeus vannamei white leg shrimp. Comprising 10.72% of all aquaculture species produced in the world, the global production of white leg shrimp in 2017 reached a farm gate value of 26.7 billion USD with a total of 4,456,603 tonnes produced (FAO, 2018), an increase from 4,155,828 tonnes in 2016 (FAO, June 2019). The top 6 producing countries in 2016 were China, Indonesia, India, Ecuador, Vietnam and Thailand. The production figures are shown below.

Data sources: China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (China), Cámara Nacional De Acuacultura (Ecuador), The Marine Products Exports Development Authority (India), Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan (Indonesia), Department of Fisheries (Thailand), Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (Vietnman) and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Italy)

Shrimp farm technology evolution

To deal with farm challenges and to meet the market demand, farmers have continuously evolved to improve the productivity.