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Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla on the Shrimp Welfare Project (80k After Hours)

80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Problem With Lower Stocking Densities

Diseases like white spot syndrome, white gut syndrome and white feces syndrome can spread through an entire tank incredibly quickly. Because the tanks are so close to one another, they also spread from tank to tank very easily. And there are practices like the nets being used in the same ponds. There's a bird that comes and catches a shrimp in one pond that has disease and just drops it in the neighbor's pond. So you have a coordination issue there.

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