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Coastal Shrimp Aquaculture in Thailand: Key Issues for Research

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! !Table 1. World production (# 1,000 t) of cultured shrimp by country from 1991–1997(Anon. 1994c, 1995b, 1998b; Funge-Smith 1997; Ragunanthan and Hambrey1997; and the Network of <strong>Aquaculture</strong> Centres <strong>in</strong> Asia–Pacific). Data <strong>for</strong> somecountries were not available (na) at time of publication.Country 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 % change97/91<strong>Thailand</strong>234 219 224 259 264 225 184 162 + 35Indonesia 50 80 90 80 100 100 130 140 – 43Ecuador 130 130 120 100 100 76 95 100 +30India 70 80 70 60 70 55 45 35 + 64Ch<strong>in</strong>a na 80 80 70 35 30 140 145 – 45Vietnam na 30 30 50 50 40 35 30 -Bangladesh na 34 35 30 35 30 25 25 + 36Philipp<strong>in</strong>es 35 10 25 25 30 25 25 30 – 66Taiwan na 14 15 15 25 20 25 30 – 53Other na 52 68 62 93 54 46 45 + 15Total na 660 693 712 733 644 729 733 – 10Table 2. Number and area of shrimp farms <strong>in</strong> <strong>Thailand</strong> from 1976–1998 (NACA 1994a;Anon. 1995b, 1998b; Funge-Smith 1997; Ragunanthan and Hambrey 1997; andthe Network of <strong>Aquaculture</strong> Centres <strong>in</strong> Asia–Pacific).Year Number of shrimp farms Total farm area (ha)1976 1,544 12,3001977 1,437 12,4001978 3,045 24,2001979 3,378 24,7001980 3,572 26,0001981 3,657 27,5001982 3,943 30,8001983 4,327 35,5001984 4,519 36,8001985 4,939 40,8001986 5,534 45,4001987 5,899 52,1001988 10,246 54,8001989 12,545 71,2001990 15,072 64,6001991 18,998 75,4001992 19,000 73,0001993 20,000 71,0001994 22,000 72,000)'

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