“…Among the most economically valued organisms are shrimp and prawns, which currently occupy the second position of most‐traded products worldwide (FAO, 2018). This great economic interest frequently leads to overexploitation of natural populations in tropical and subtropical regions (Costa, Fransozo, & Pinheiro, 2004; Teixeira, Silva, Fabré, & Batista, 2020). In addition to this, in the last 20 years shrimp farms have been suffering from various diseases, particularly of viral origin (Jory, 2019).…”