If successful, the initiative is expected to breathe life back into the ailing industry. One of our main challenges is the shortage of raw materials. We will get raw materials for processing in my factory if our pilot farming is successful, said Shyamal Das, managing director of MU Seafoods.
MU Seafoods partnered with Sushilan, a local non-government organisation, in 2019 to begin the experiment on vannamei farming.
The Department of Fisheries (DoF) gave the go-ahead to culture whiteleg shrimp in the southwestern division of Khulna, a major farming region for export-oriented shrimp, after years of concerns that foreign species may have a negative impact on their native counterparts such as black tiger shrimp.