{"id":2125,"date":"2022-02-03T13:40:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T12:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/?page_id=2125"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:52:58","slug":"shrimp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/shrimp\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrimp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Garnele-2-1024x467.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1476\" style=\"width:413px;height:188px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Garnele-2-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Garnele-2-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Garnele-2-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Garnele-2-1536x700.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Garnele-2.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the best known and most commonly produced species are the black tiger shrimp (<em>Penaeus monodon<\/em>) and the Whiteleg shrimp (<em>Litopenaeus vannamei<\/em>). <br>In 2024, around 8.8 million metric tons of shrimp were produced worldwide, most of which came from Asia (FAO, 2026). Accounting for about 86%, the white-leg shrimp (<em>Litopenaeus vannamei<\/em>) made up the vast majority of production.<br>Production mainly takes place in pond facilities. In Germany, however, warm water recirculation systems are used for breeding, which are operated with natural or artificial seawater.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"sources-and-detailed-scientific-information-on-shrimp-can-be-found-at\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources and detailed scientific information on shrimp can be found at:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"sources-and-detailed-scientific-information-on-shrimp-can-be-found-at\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/fishery\/culturedspecies\/Penaeus_vannamei\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAO: Whiteleg Shrimp<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/fishery\/culturedspecies\/penaeus_monodon\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAO: Black Tiger Shrimp<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.fao.org\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/09d03e2f-7097-4d59-bf94-db65e95f44fd\/content\/cd8357en.html#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAO, 2026. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p >Among the best known and most commonly produced species are the black tiger shrimp (<em>Penaeus monodon<\/em>) and the Whiteleg shrimp (<em>Litopenaeus vannamei<\/em>). <br \/>In 2024, around 8.8 million metric tons of shrimp were produced worldwide, most of which came from Asia (FAO, 2026). Accounting for about 86%, the white-leg shrimp (<em>Litopenaeus vannamei<\/em>) made up the <span >\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":2100,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post post-type-page post-view- post-scope-","status-publish","clear"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2125\/revisions\/2613"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}