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constant over the years while cultured shrimp production has steadily <strong>in</strong>creased.<br />
Cultured shrimp production re<strong>pre</strong>sented 27.3% <strong>of</strong> the total cultured <strong>and</strong> captured<br />
production <strong>in</strong> the year 2000 <strong>and</strong> it <strong>in</strong>creased by almost half (48.0%) by the year 2006<br />
(Wan Norhana et al., 2010).<br />
Thail<strong>and</strong>, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, the Philipp<strong>in</strong>es <strong>and</strong> Malaysia<br />
contribute about 60% <strong>of</strong> the world’s total cultured shrimp production (Ch<strong>in</strong>abut et al.,<br />
2006). The dem<strong>and</strong> for shrimp <strong>in</strong> world trade has also <strong>in</strong>creased steadily dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
last decade. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the FAO reports, <strong>in</strong> 1986, world shrimp exports totalled<br />
about 1.4 million metric tonnes <strong>and</strong> it tripled to almost 4.5 million metric tonnes by<br />
2006 (Table 2) (Wan Norhana et al., 2010).<br />
Table 1: World shrimp production from 2000 to 2006 (FAO, 2009)<br />
Source Value 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006<br />
Capture 1000<br />
tonnes<br />
US$<br />
million<br />
Aquaculture 1000<br />
tonnes<br />
US$<br />
million<br />
Total 1000<br />
tonnes<br />
US$<br />
million<br />
3087 2955 2966 3543 3527 3420 3460<br />
11,175 10,411 9788 11,621 11,357 11,458 11,764<br />
1162 1347 1496 2129 2446 2716 3164<br />
7310 7492 7879 8355 9536 10,501 12,486<br />
4249 4302 4462 5672 5973 6136 6624<br />
18,458 17,893 17,667 19,976 20,893 21,959 24250
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