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How many farmed shrimp are killed every second, every day, every year?

farmed shrimp · Litopenaeus vannamei & others
killed by humans
440 billion
a year
13,943
a second
1.2 billion
a day
born to be killed
800 billion
a year
25,350
a second
2.2 billion
a day

alive right now, in the queue: about 181 billion (rate × 150 days). average time left: 75 days.

method fishcount.org.uk estimate of farmed decapods, converted to per second. hatchery numbers are several times larger because most postlarvae die before harvest.

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