International Principles for Responsible Shrimp Farming

Organic certification for shrimp farming is being seriously considered.

Until now, the primary cause of the disappearance of the mangrove forests had been shrimp farming.

In Asian countries shrimp aquaculture used to be centred on the tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon.

In the coastal shrimp aquaculture sector the management of outbreaks of disease has become the main issue.

Shrimp farming has also made significant contributions to the development of Belize in relation to employment and income generation, especially in rural communities.

Shrimp farming in the south and southeastern coastal belt of Bangladesh began in the early 1970s.

The attractive profits from shrimp farming do not justify the conversion of these agricultural lands into shrimp ponds.

In recent years, shrimp farming has generated considerable discussion and debate about its sustainability and environmental impact.

One successful recent example was FAO’s work on principles for sustainable shrimp farming.

The recent expansion of shrimp culture has generated many public debates over its effects on the environment and its sustainability, such as the perceived:

Shrimp farming is so damaging to the environment and so polluting to the soil, trees, and water that it will be the last form of agriculture,” Ni says.

Scientists from Wageningen University in the Netherlands discovered that WSSV evolves when shrimp farming practices are adapted.

Semi-intensive shrimp farming became popular with the successful production of both banana and giant tiger prawn in 1972.

WSSV is a deadly pathogen for shrimp, and a major threat to shrimp farming for the last two decades.