Ten years ago, the Philippines used to be the one of the biggest shrimp producers- No. 3- in the world and ten years before that, the shrimp production had emerged as the country's "sunshine industry". Local shrimp production ha since experienced a setback due to the early mortality syndrome (EMS), a disease that hit shrimp populations in Asia. Today, we've been downgraded to No. 8.

Mercene, F. (2013, September, 13). Shrimp business. Manila Bulletin , pp. 11, 12.