Andhra Pradesh Vanamei Farmers Plead for Quality Brood Stock
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Hindu] - February 23, 2015 -
Defective seed supplied by some of the unauthorised hatcheries is posing a serious threat to the culture of vannamei shrimp in Andhra Pradesh, and it is imperative that the State Government take the requisite steps for supply of quality seed, according to many aqua farmers who participated in the Aqua Aquaria 2015 which concluded here on Sunday.
Most of the farmers' representatives, including K. Narayana, Member of Parliament from Machilipatnam and himself an aqua farmer, said as there were no quarantine facilities in the State, the brood stock was being imported from the USA through the port of Chennai. Therefore, on a priority basis, quarantine facilities should be set up and also brood stock hatchery centres for supply of quality seed.
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