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Climate-Smart Shrimp™

Shrimp produced with measurable climate performance.

A programme that helps shrimp farmers increase productivity, reduce resource use and lower emissions through data, technology and better practice — and then prove that it happened.

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Climate-Smart Shrimp™
Baseline
Optimise
Reduce
Measure
Monitor
Improve
Verify
Market
Higher productivityBetter yields and survival
Lower resource useWater, energy, feed
Lower emissionsMeasured, then reduced
Resilient farmsClimate-ready operations
Market advantageTraceable and credible

The programme journey

From farm to market with climate intelligence.

Seven stages. The first six are work; the seventh is what the work is worth. A farm can enter at any stage, but it cannot skip the baseline — without it there is nothing to measure improvement against.

Climate-Smart Shrimp overview: an aerial of aerated grow-out ponds with satellite and AI monitoring, optimised water management, enhanced feed and pond health, and carbon sequestration, above a pond-to-plate chain from hatchery through processing to global markets
The programme end to end. Hatchery, climate-smart grow-out, BlueSat and IoT monitoring, harvest, processing, quality and traceability, then market — with the climate record travelling with the batch rather than stopping at the pond bank.
  1. 01

    Baseline

    Measure current farm performance, resources and emissions.

    The starting number
  2. 02

    Diagnose

    Identify improvement opportunities using data and AI.

    Where the loss is
  3. 03

    Optimise

    Implement best practices and precision management.

    Practice change
  4. 04

    Reduce

    Cut resource use, waste and emissions at source.

    Water · Energy · Feed
  5. 05

    Verify

    Monitor and verify performance with MRV systems.

    Evidence, not claims
  6. 06

    Trace & report

    Make the climate performance of a batch legible.

    Batch-level record
  7. 07

    Market ready

    Turn measured performance into commercial advantage.

    Buyer-facing

The pillars

The six pillars of Climate-Smart Shrimp™

The same six levers as our climate-smart aquaculture method, applied specifically to shrimp production. See the method

01

Water intelligence

Optimise water quality and reduce unnecessary exchange.
  • Periodic water monitoring
  • Early risk detection
  • Reduced exchange
  • Water efficiency
02

Energy efficiency

Use energy more smartly and more cleanly.
  • Energy monitoring
  • Aeration optimisation
  • Pump efficiency
  • Renewable opportunities
03

Feed optimisation

More efficient feed, lower footprint.
  • Precision feeding
  • FCR improvement
  • Feed-quality management
  • Lower feed waste
04

Waste management

Reduce waste and create value from it.
  • Sludge management
  • Nutrient recovery
  • Waste-to-value
  • Circular approaches
05

Ecosystem care

Protect and restore the systems the farm sits in.
  • Mangrove protection
  • Coastal management
  • Biodiversity
  • Community engagement
06

Carbon & MRV

Measure, reduce and verify emissions.
  • Baseline
  • Emissions
  • Intervention
  • MRV
  • Verification
  • Reporting

Performance

Measure farm performance. Not just production.

Production, resource use and emissions in one view, because on a real farm they are one decision.

Impact at a glance

Measure the transformation.

Programme target ranges. Not results, and not yet claims.

25–40% Higher productivity
20–35% Lower water use
15–30% Lower energy use
10–25% Better FCR
20–30% Lower emissions
2× Better resilience
100+ Farms adopting

Readiness pathway

The Climate-Smart Shrimp™ readiness pathway.

This is a farm transformation and climate-performance programme, not a certification. Netzero AQUA does not operate an independent standard or act as a verifier, so the pathway ends in a performance report rather than a certificate. As the methodology matures and independent verification is in place, that last step can become something stronger.

  1. 01

    Enroll

    Join the programme and onboard the farm.

  2. 02

    Assess

    Baseline assessment and data collection.

  3. 03

    Implement

    Put the selected interventions in place.

  4. 04

    Monitor

    Continuous monitoring with BlueSat and farm data.

  5. 05

    Verify

    Independent verification of outcomes where applicable.

  6. 06

    Recognise

    A climate-performance report the farm can show.

For the farmer

What you get.

Data-driven insights

Actionable intelligence for every pond and every decision.

Higher profitability

Improve yields, reduce costs and hold on to more of the margin.

Climate credibility

Measurable impact backed by MRV and, where applicable, verification.

Market advantage

Build brand value and meet buyer requirements with evidence.

Farm resilience

Systems that are stronger and better prepared for a bad season.

Expert support

Netzero AQUA stays with the farm through the transformation.

From the field

Programme farms.

Each farm publishes the KPIs it is measuring. Results are published when they are measured, and labelled as targets until then.

Pilot
Andhra Pradesh, India

Coastal shrimp farm

KPIs under measurement in this programme:

  • Productivity Pilot KPI
  • Water use Pilot KPI
  • FCR Pilot KPI
  • Survival Pilot KPI
View case study
Development
Tamil Nadu, India

Biofloc shrimp farm

KPIs under measurement in this programme:

  • Water exchange Pilot KPI
  • FCR Pilot KPI
  • Waste Pilot KPI
  • Production Pilot KPI
View case study
Concept
Gujarat, India

Integrated shrimp farm

KPIs under measurement in this programme:

  • Carbon intensity Pilot KPI
  • Resource efficiency Pilot KPI
  • Ecosystem Pilot KPI
  • Market access Pilot KPI
View case study

To the market

From climate-smart farm to climate-conscious market.

Climate performance is only worth something commercially if it survives the journey from the pond to the buyer. That means it has to be attached to a batch, not to a brochure.

  1. 01

    Farm

    Where the shrimp is grown.

  2. 02

    Data

    Water, feed, energy and harvest records.

  3. 03

    MRV

    Emissions calculated and evidenced.

  4. 04

    Traceability

    Performance attached to a batch.

  5. 05

    Processing

    The record survives the processor.

  6. 06

    Buyer

    A claim a buyer can actually check.

  7. 07

    Consumer

    The story ends somewhere real.

Batch record
Farm IDAP-042
Batch IDB-2026-014
SpeciesP. vannamei
Stocked12 Feb 2026
Harvested28 May 2026
Production32.4 MT
FCR1.31
Water12,850 m³
Energy8,240 kWh
Carbon2.14 kg CO₂e/kg
MRV statusIn progress
Digital twin dashboard for a climate-smart shrimp processing plant, showing the process line from raw shrimp receiving through washing, peeling, cooking, chilling, packing and cold storage, alongside energy, water, carbon and by-product recovery panels
IllustrativeHow the record would continue past the farm gate: a digital twin of the processing plant, tracking energy, water, carbon intensity and by-product recovery per tonne through every stage from receiving to dispatch. The figures shown are design targets for a plant at concept stage, not measured output — like every number on this site, they become a published result only once there is validated data behind them.

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