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SHRIMP AQUACULTURE IN CHINA-CASE STUDY IN HAINAN PROVINCE
Ling Cao* and James S Diana
School of Natural Resources and Environment,
University of Michigan
Dana Building, 440 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041 USA
caoling@umich.edu
China has become world’s second largest shrimp producers since 1988. Chinese shrimp farms are distributed along almost
18,000 km of coastline from Hainan Province in the tropics to Liaoning Province in the temperate zone. There are about 100
penaeid shrimp species in China’s coastal waters. Main shrimp types cultured in China are Penaeus chinensis, P. monodon,
P. japonicus, P. merguinsis, P. penicillatus, Metapenaeus ensis and P. vannamei, which were introduced from outside of China,
such as Hawaii, USA. Hainan province (Hainan Island), located in the southern part of China, is the major shrimp farming area
in China. From 1995 to 2006, total shrimp production increases from 3,698 to 123,000 metric tones. Although the industry
suffered disease outbreaks and environmental problems, shrimp farming is still expanding rapidly. This study provides background
study of shrimp aquaculture in Hainan Province, China. The objectives are characterizing the operating and management
from hatchery-shrimp farms-shrimp processing plants-market. Problems related to current shrimp aquaculture are addressed.
Emphasis is placed on the shrimp farming impact on the environment. The ecological footprint of shrimp aquaculture
is investigated through life cycle assessment.
Yu, 2007).
TABLE 1. Historical shrimp aquaculture in Hainan Province, China (Hainan Ocean
Fisheries Department, 2008)
Year 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2006
Culture areas (km 2 ) 29.4 77.6 92.0 99.3 101.0 119.3
Production
tones)
(metric 3,698 23,250 48,291 67,910 84,016 123,000
FIGURE 1. Cultured brackish water shrimp production in Thailand, China, Indonesia,
Taiwan province of China, Ecuador and globally from 1970 to 2000 (Xie &