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Cnese seem quite bad at farming now, their shrimp have too many disease. So now, CN shrimp also running out.
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China’s shrimp farmers ‘terrified’ as deadly virus threatens to destroy lucrative seafood industry
He Huifeng
Published: 7:30pm, 12 Apr, 2020
African swine fever crisis
, which wiped out as much as 60 per cent of China’s pig herd.
“The infection rate and lethalness of the virus are terrifying,” said Wu Jinhong, a shrimp farmer in Da’ao township in Jiangmen city.
It only takes two or three days from detecting the first infection for all shrimp in the pond to be killedWu Jinhong
Pearl River Delta
last year. In Da’ao township, where nearly 20,000 people – roughly half of local residents – are employed on shrimp farms, two thirds of ponds were infected with the virus in the spring of 2019 and had to be immediately drained, Qiu said.
This virus is horrifying shrimp farmers, like avian flu did to poultry farmers and African swine fever to those raising pigsDai Jinzhi
The outbreak eased during the summer and autumn months when temperatures were higher, but made a comeback again in February. Farmers say that temperatures above 30 degrees keep the virus at bay.
“This virus is horrifying shrimp farmers, like avian flu did to poultry farmers and African swine fever to those raising pigs,” said Dai Jinzhi, who found out recently his six hectares of ponds were infected.
After he was forced to drain his enclosures, which held about 3700kg worth of shrimp, he was left with only 200kg of the crustaceans alive – something that cost him more than 100,000 yuan (US$14,000).
“We can’t do anything but remove the shrimp and sell them at dirt cheap prices, then dry out the pond and leave it idle for at least two months,” Dai said.
“Some [other farmers] suffered another hit by the virus after restarting farming in the same pond [too soon]. So I don’t dare start over until the end of next month, when the weather has warmed up.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-...rimp-farmers-terrified-deadly-virus-threatens
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China’s shrimp farmers ‘terrified’ as deadly virus threatens to destroy lucrative seafood industry
- The virus, known as Decapod iridescent virus 1, has infected about a quarter of the shrimp farms in Guangdong province, the heart of production in China
- It is not known to harm humans but can kill shrimp in a matter of days
He Huifeng
Published: 7:30pm, 12 Apr, 2020
African swine fever crisis
, which wiped out as much as 60 per cent of China’s pig herd.
“The infection rate and lethalness of the virus are terrifying,” said Wu Jinhong, a shrimp farmer in Da’ao township in Jiangmen city.
It only takes two or three days from detecting the first infection for all shrimp in the pond to be killedWu Jinhong
Pearl River Delta
last year. In Da’ao township, where nearly 20,000 people – roughly half of local residents – are employed on shrimp farms, two thirds of ponds were infected with the virus in the spring of 2019 and had to be immediately drained, Qiu said.
This virus is horrifying shrimp farmers, like avian flu did to poultry farmers and African swine fever to those raising pigsDai Jinzhi
The outbreak eased during the summer and autumn months when temperatures were higher, but made a comeback again in February. Farmers say that temperatures above 30 degrees keep the virus at bay.
“This virus is horrifying shrimp farmers, like avian flu did to poultry farmers and African swine fever to those raising pigs,” said Dai Jinzhi, who found out recently his six hectares of ponds were infected.
After he was forced to drain his enclosures, which held about 3700kg worth of shrimp, he was left with only 200kg of the crustaceans alive – something that cost him more than 100,000 yuan (US$14,000).
“We can’t do anything but remove the shrimp and sell them at dirt cheap prices, then dry out the pond and leave it idle for at least two months,” Dai said.
“Some [other farmers] suffered another hit by the virus after restarting farming in the same pond [too soon]. So I don’t dare start over until the end of next month, when the weather has warmed up.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-...rimp-farmers-terrified-deadly-virus-threatens
