April 4, 2007

Hawaii quarantines shrimp farm in Kahuku
 

Hawaiian authorities have quarantined a Kahuku shrimp farm owned by Ming Dynasty Fish and Shrimp Co. following positive test results of a potentially serious shrimp disease in a pond there.

Officials also prohibited transport of shrimp to or from the affected area.

While authorities did not consider the Taura syndrome virus to be a threat to humans, the disease can potentially devastate shrimp stocks.

Nicolas Lynn, co-owner of Ming Dynasty Fish and Shrimp Co., said the business only sold shrimp to wholesalers on Oahu, with no shipments to other islands or anywhere else.