Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus, is an alternative species for low salinity shrimp pond farming

摘要

As the world production of farmed shrimp slowly shifts to the countries that have the lowest costs of production, many of the original western hemisphere shrimp farming firms are finding it almost impossible to compete. Those firms must modify their methods and products quickly or they will perish. The shrimp farmers of Taiwan were faced with crippling outbreaks of disease but they recovered their businesses by shifting product choice from shrimp to finfish.