With its premium taste and superior economic value, tiger shrimp is being pushed as an alternative species to farm alongside the popular whiteleg shrimp or vannamei. Locally known as lukon or sugpo, tiger shrimp’s potentials were underlined by Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD) chief Dan Baliao during the 12th Philippine Shrimp Congress. “Tiger shrimp has good attributes of its own like better taste and better price compared to vannamei,” said Baliao during the opening of the congress on Nov. 20.

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