Shrimp Farming and Industry : Sustainability Trade and Livelihoods

Contents: Preface. 1. An overview of shrimp farming and industry/A. Atiq Rahman, A.H.G. Quddus and D.L. Mallick. I. Global issues: 2. Globalisation and the international market for shrimp: trends and challenges in production, trade and consumption/Bob Pokrant. 3. Promoting sustainable shrimp production and trade: challenges and opportunities/John Hambrey. 4. Debate about shrimp farming development: a general overview from a discourse analysis perspective/Christophe Bene. 5. The socio-economic considerations of shrimp farming as component of marine resources management/Denis Bailly and Pascal Raux. 6. Quality management practice to achieve safe and dependable aqua-foods for sustainable export business/Md. Rafiqul Islam and Md. Kador Ahmed. 7. Shrimp disease and sustainability: status and consequences for farmed shrimp/Caleb McClennen. 8. Shrimp viral diseases: white spot syndrome and its management/Md. Shahadat Hossain. II. Regional issues: 9. Shrimp farming industry: perspectives from Thailand/Somsak Boromthanarat and Ayut Nissapa. 10. Shrimp industry: perspectives from India/C. Vasudevappa. 11. An overview and perspectives of the Bangladesh shrimp industry/A. Atiq Rahman, Md. Liaquat Ali and D.L. Mallick. 12. The shrimp industry in Vietnam: status, opportunities and challenges/Tran Van Nhuong, Dinh Van Thanh, Bui Thi Thu Ha, Trinh Quang Tu, Le Van Khoi and Tuong Phi Lai. 13. Shrimp culture industry: perspective from Sri Lanka/P.P.G.S.N. Siriwardena. 14. Analysis of risk management levels in the context of export-oriented rural entrepreneurship: the case of shrimp-farming in South Asia/Fabienne Kervarec. III. National issues: Bangladesh: 15. The organisation and development of coastal Brackish-water export-oriented shrimp production in Bangladesh: a critical review of the literature/Bob Pokrant. 16. Livelihood patterns in shrimp farming area of Bangladesh/A.H.G. Quddus and Sarder Shafiqul Alam. 17. Profile and livelihoods of shrimp producers in Bangladesh/Zahir Ahmed. 18. Livelihood of shrimp fry collectors in Bangladesh/A.H.G. Quddus. 19. Socio-economic aspects of commercial shrimp farming in Southern Bangladesh/Khandaker Mainuddin. 20. Women and children in the shrimp industry of Bangladesh/Sadeka Halim and Olena Reza. 21. Network and political analysis of shrimp farming in Bangladesh/Zahid Hasan Chowdhury. 22. Macro economics of Bangladesh Shrimp/Chowdhury Saleh Ahmed. 23. Dynamics and diversity of shrimp farming in Bangladesh: technical aspects/M. Nuruzzaman. 24. The acts and actors in the Bangladesh Shrimp sector: legal and institutional framework/M. Maniruzzaman. 25. Grassroots perspectives on shrimp farming in South-West Bangladesh/Ashraf-ul-Alam Tutu. 26. Who benefits and at what cost? Expanded Shrimp culture in Bangladesh/Anjan Kumar Datta. Index.

"Shrimp farming has been one of the most important economic activities in many of the tropical countries of Asia and Latin America during the last three decades due to high demand mainly in USA, Europe and Japan. Shrimp export contributes significantly to the national economy, employment generation and livelihoods and has become an important consumable commodity accounting significantly to global trade in the recent years. Shrimp farming has been associated with a number of social and environmental issues and thus the industry has a conflicting trade off between the economic gain and the negative social and environmental consequences.

This book focuses on the production, trading, livelihoods and sustainability of the sector including environmental and social issues of shrimp farming and industry from global, regional and Bangladesh perspectives.

Opening with an overview chapter, the book contains eight chapters on global issues which cover global market for shrimp, trade, debate on shrimp farming development, economic consideration of shrimp farming, quality management practices for safe and dependable aqua-food, shrimp diseases and sustainability of shrimp farming and industry.

The section on regional issues comprises of five papers on country profile of shrimp industry of India, Thailand, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Sri Lanka and one paper on risk management analysis of export oriented shrimp farming and industry in South Asia.

The section on national issues of Bangladesh comprises of twelve papers which focus on the growth of shrimp farming and industry in Bangladesh, its social end economic impacts, political economy and cost benefits of shrimp farming, legal and institutional issues, sustainability, opportunity and challenges including suggestions. The book should be of interest to all stakeholders in shrimp farming and industry." (jacket)