Plans to tackle shrimp virus in Indonesia

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Updated May 22, 2009 11:57:17

Shrimp is Indonesia's most valuable fish export, worth close to $1 billion dollars a year.

But it would be worth a lot more if they could control a nasty virus, which first struck 10 years ago.

Presenter: Sarina Locke
Speakers: Dr Ketut, Indonesian Department of Fisheries; Dr Richard Callinan, aquaculture expert, Sydney University; Joanne Millar of Charles Sturt University; Dr Budi Prayitno, head of the economic development in Central Java; Pak Hidayet, famer

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