 Marine
& Culture
• Cultivated shrimp will increase to 50 % of total world
supply in end 2000.
• Now farm-raised shrimp is a quarter of 3.2 million metric
tons of total world shrimp catching.
World
Shrimp (Catching)
• The current major producers of farm- raised shrimp are
Thailand, Ecuador, Indonesia, China, and India.
• The world shrimp farming area are approximately 1.2 million
hectares.
Thai
Shrimp
• The warm weather in Thailand allows the shrimp farming
and yields high returns, especially Black Tiger Shrimp farming,
all year round.
Species
• Black Tiger Shrimp (56% of the world farmed shrimp production),
Pacific White Shrimp (20%), Chinese White Shrimp (6%).
Nature
• In order to obtain high yields from shrimp farming, the
critical factors should be considered such as water, soil, diet
and communication.
Fishing
Techniques
• Basic fishing techniques for semi-intensive pond |
