Farming king prawns indoors in tanks on UK farmland could create a thriving, sustainable seafood industry, researchers say.
Farming king prawns indoors in tanks on UK farmland could create a thriving, sustainable seafood industry, researchers say.
King prawns are one of the “big five” seafoods eaten in the UK – but the vast majority of this tropical species is imported, and often comes from environmentally damaging sources.
Researchers from the UK Sustainable King Prawn Project (UKSKPP) say there is a “better way”: cost-effective and environmentally sound king prawn aquaculture (seafood farming) – creating new employment opportunities and making production of the freshest and tastiest seafood truly sustainable.
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King prawn demonstrator in Scotland. (Photo Credit: Rastech)
