Black tiger shrimp is experiencing a renaissance, especially in India and China, but experts such as Kontali analyst Ida Skancke and Dr. Manoj Sharma, India's leading shrimp farmer, note that the Producers would be foolish to eliminate whiteleg shrimp.
Black tiger shrimp (P. monodon) is the second most farmed shrimp species in the world, after white shrimp (L. vannamei).