Enabling sustainable shrimp aquaculture: Narrowing the gaps between science and policy in Thailand

• Main Authors: Giap D., Garden P., Lebel L.
• Format: Book
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84859319149&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/43193
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Since the early 1980s, shrimp aquaculture has expanded rapidly with production increasing more than 100-fold from 31,000 t in 1976 to 2.6 million tons in 2006 (Fig. 7.1). About 90% of farmed shrimp is produced in Asia (mainly in China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and India). The other 10% is produc...