Although China's fishery output has been steadily increasing over the years, and even foreign manufacturers are increasing their infrastructure investment in order to export to China, Chinese manufacturers are lacking in investment in breeding, processing, and transportation equipment.

On September 2nd, Mr. Bancha, the Director General of the Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, revealed that due to the increasing popularity of Thai Macrobrachium rosenbergii (also known as freshwater long arm prawns) among domestic and foreign consumers, the Fisheries Department has been committed to improving the breeding efficiency of this type of prawns.