Bid to boost Myanmar shrimp trade begins
Though Myanmar’s shrimp export is much less than that of Vietnam and Thailand in terms of tonnage and value, the nation is set to leapfrog its production with American experts’ technical assistance, said Kyaw Tun Myint, president of the Myanmar Shrimp Association. “We usually import broodstock from Thailand. But, possibility for the broodstock to suffer some diseases is truly a major risk to our shrimp production. Now we are about to start sustainable shrimp farming with the help of a firm from the United States,” he said. According to Kyaw Tun Myint, Myanmar entrepreneurs in the industry are considering farming white shrimp with the latest technology to be brought by Hawaii-based Marine Genetics LLC. Currently, farming black tiger is the most popular among shrimp hatcheries in the nation.
