← on nowLGR-002 · v0.1.0 · model · estimate 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.
- most hatchery larvae never reach the pond.source: fishcount.org.uk
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=farmed%20shrimp" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · farmed shrimp"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- fishcount.org.uk estimate of farmed decapods, converted to per second. hatchery numbers are several times larger because most postlarvae die before harvest.
- range
- 250–600 billion/yr harvested
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- tonnage-to-count conversion depends on assumed mean weight at harvest; the site uses the midpoint.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-002 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0