virus hit lampung

Indonesia

Virus Hits Southeast Sumatra

Indonesia’s shrimp production and exports will likely fall in 2009. A shrimp virus has attacked 62,100 hectares of shrimp ponds in Lampung Province, Sumatra.

Fajar I Reksoprodjo, corporate communication manager at CP Prima, which operates the world’s largest shrimp farm in Lampung, said the virus attacked all shrimp farms in the province, especially those managed by small-scale independent farmers.

Source: Seafood.com (an online, subscription-based, fisheries news service). Shrimp virus attacks center of Indonesia’s shrimp production. Ken Coons (phone 1-781-861-1441, email kencoons@seafood.com). Editor and Publisher, John Sackton (phone 1-781-861-1441, email jsackton@seafood.com). May 5, 2009.