Heavy Rains Result in Widespread Shrimp Kill Across India's Andhra Pradesh Region
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Hindu] by T. Appala Naidu - July 6, 2015
Repeated spells of rainfall recorded across the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh recently have changed the chemical parameters of the water in the fishponds under Vannamei shrimp cultivation, leading to mass death of shrimp. Ironically, harvesting of the shrimp was largely to begin by early July across the coastal belt, particularly in Krishna, East and West Godavari and Nellore districts.
“We are harvesting Vannamei that is alive in the ponds irrespective of its growth. However, delay in harvesting will cause of complete death of shrimps as changed parameters in the water will not suitable for their survival,” aqua farmers based in Nagayalanka told The Hindu . The colour of the Vannamei is also being changed, owing to high level of Ammonium and Hydrogen Sulphide which reported after the rains...
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