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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An aerator recycles water in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Shrimp for sale at a road side stand in Nakhon Pathom province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    A woman climbs out of a boat she used to feed shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Shrimp in a basket in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers haul in a net full of baby fish and shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:  A worker on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi lays out nets before harvesting shrimp in a pond. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   A woman holds a shrimp net on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman talks about the shrimp industry after feeding shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   A worker sorts shrimp in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    Workers sort shrimp in the bottom of a boat in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Workers haul shrimp out of a pond in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers weigh baskets of shrimp they pulled out of a shrimp pond in Saphunburi province in Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm036.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    Workers haul shrimp out of a pond in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    An aerator spins in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm006.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:     :  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:  Sunrise in Bangtathen, Saphanburi, Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BUA PAK THA, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: Grilled shrimp sold at a road side stall in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ iPhone Photo, Hipstamatic
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BUA PAK THA, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND:  The owner of a road side stalls stocks his stand with fresh shrimp he sells in Nakhon Pathom province. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The owner of a road side stalls stocks his stand with fresh shrimp he sells in Nakhon Pathom province. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BUA PAK THA, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND:  Shrimp for sale at a road side stand in Nakhon Pathom province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   A woman feeds shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   A woman feeds shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   An empty shrimp pond on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   An empty shrimp pond on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:     Workers haul shrimp out of a pond in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:     Workers haul shrimp out of a pond in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man dumps baskets of shrimp into a water tank on the back of his pickup truck in Saphunburi province Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers haul in a net full of baby fish and shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Workers haul in a net full of baby fish and shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    A worker sets nets in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    A worker sets nets in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    An aerator recycles water in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    An aerator spins in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   An aerator spins in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   A worker on a shrimp hauls farm in nets during a harvest. The farm has not yet been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker on a shrimp in Saphunburi. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:     :  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:  Sunrise in Bangtathen, Saphanburi, Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman feeds shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   A woman feeds shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   An empty shrimp pond on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An empty shrimp pond on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    A man dumps baskets of shrimp into a water tank on the back of his pickup truck in Saphunburi province Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    Workers haul shrimp out of a pond in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers haul in a net full of baby fish and shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers near an aerator in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm011.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The owner of a road side stalls stocks his stand with fresh shrimp he sells in Nakhon Pathom province. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm061.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BUA PAK THA, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND:  Shrimp for sale at a road side stand in Nakhon Pathom province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm058.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   A woman feeds shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm050.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man dumps baskets of shrimp into a water tank on the back of his pickup truck in Saphunburi province Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm040.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers carry baskets of a shrimp to a truck that will take the shrimp to another shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm037.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:  A worker on a shrimp hauls in nets during a harvest. The farm has not yet been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm019.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm013.jpg
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