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GSA Survey Explores the Prevalence of Shrimp Eyestalk Ablation and Challenges to Adopting Alternative Practices
For decades, the global shrimp farming industry has relied on a breeding technique intended to make hatcheries more efficient. A shrimp’s eyestalk – a protrusion from the animal’s head that contains an eye on the end – contains a complex of glands that influence molting, reproductive maturation and spawning processes. Removing, cutting or pinching the