Shan Meemanage wins Asia Award for shellfish farming

Tropical Shellfish (Pvt.) Ltd, established in 2015 by Shan Meemanage, a distinguished leader in Sri Lanka’s seafood export industry, has been named the winner of the Most Innovative Shellfish Farming and Export Company of the Year, Asia Award 2024, by Business World International Organisation. 

The award ceremony, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 25, 2025, celebrates Shan’s exceptional contributions to sustainable aquaculture and innovative practices that have revolutionised the seafood export industry in Asia. 

The award will be granted by Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra at an event graced by King of Thailand Vajiralongkorn. 

Meemanage’s groundbreaking model of cultivating giant freshwater prawns in open reservoirs—the world’s first and only such initiative—has positioned him as the largest exporter of these prawns to Thailand, a milestone he pioneered from Sri Lanka.