Aqua farmers protest shrimp feed price hike in Ongole

Aquaculture farmers staged a protestation successful beforehand of the Fisheries Department bureau successful Ongole connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026) against the emergence successful shrimp provender prices. They demanded strict enactment against the provender manufacturing companies that person accrued prices without the support of the Andhra Pradesh State Aquaculture Development Authority (APSADA).

Prakasam Shrimp Farmers Association president Duggineni Gopinath said that the shrimp provender companies person unilaterally accrued tiger shrimp provender by ₹10-70 per kg and Vannamei shrimp provender by ₹8-40 per kg without the support of the State government, citing that the prices of earthy materials utilized successful provender manufacturing person gone up.

He said, “As per the accrued provender prices, the further outgo of accumulation volition summation by ₹35 to 40 per kg for farmers cultivating tiger shrimp and by ₹15 to 20 per kg for farmers cultivating Vannamei shrimp. This volition beryllium a dense load connected the farmers who person been suffering owed to non-remunerative prices successful the export market.”