date:Aug 19, 2016
Owing to the supremely hot weather and high water temperature this year, plus the water pollution following the heavy rains, the death rate of white-leg shrimp stocked into coastal areas in Sihu, Taixi and Mailiao in Yunlin, Taiwan and other coastal regions has reached as high as 80%. As the harvest drops sharply, the shrimp price in Taiwan also surges higher and higher. The price for 40/600g size shrimp at origin of places jumps from 180 NTD/600g to 230 NTD/600g and further to 280 NTD/600g at p