World Aquaculture 55 Fig. 10. The main importers of shrimp in the world are European Union, US and Japan. of the shrimp exported on a worldwide basis (Figure 10). The expenditure for shrimp imports amounted to US$1112 billion. The 25 EU countries imported US$4.3-4.6 billion, the United States US$3.6-3.7 billion and Japan US$2.4-2.5 billion. There were 274 countries that imported shrimp in 2004 according to FAO. Most of them imported rather small or very small quantities. A few countries imported large quantities (Figures 10 and 11). If we consider the 20 most prominent countries importing shrimp, we find that over 91 percent of the total amount, or 1.9 million t, were imported by this group of countries. In total, 274 countries imported shrimp in 2004. In Table 8 the quantities for the 20 countries are shown and in Table 9 the values are presented. Conclusions No other fishing industry dealing with fish and shellfish commodities seem to be more vigorous than that for shrimp. Quantities of commercial shrimp appear to increase from year to year. The market demand is increasing. But for some years, the market seems to be constant and price drops have been occasionally observed. In some cases, there are political reasons for the price drop. Notes 1Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden 2Stefania Vannuccini, at the FAO statistical department, Rome, has kindly forwarded the unpublished data from the FAO database. 3The taxonomy of genus Penaeus has been revised recently ( Pérez Farfante and Kensley, 1997). The species P. aztecus, P. brasiliensis, P. brevirostris, P. califoniensis, P. notialis and P. paulensis have been referred to the genus Farfantepenaeus. The species P. japonicus is referred to the genus Marsupenaeus. P. kerathurus and P. latisulcatus are now referred to the genus Melicertus. The species P. merguensis and P. penicillatus are referred to the genus Fenneropenaeus. Finally the species P. occidentalis and P. setiferus are referred to the genus Litopenaeus. Only P. monodon and P. semisulcatus are still referred to the same genus Penaeus. In this paper we keep the earlier and commonly used names, which are obvious in the FAO statistics. Acknowledgment Many thanks to Richard Grainger, Alan Lowther, Luca Garibaldi and Stefania Vannuccini at the FAO statistical department, Rome, Italy for their support. References Bardach, J.E., J.H. Ryther and W.O. McLarney. 1972. Aquaculture: The Farming and Husbandry of Freshwater and Marine Organisms. Wiley-Interscience, New York, NY USA. Dore, I. and C. Frimodt. 1987. An Illustrated Guide to Shrimp of the World. Osprey Books and Scandinavian Fishing Year Book. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). 2006a. Fishery statistics, Capture Production, 2004. Vol. 99. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). 2006b. Fishery statistics, Aquaculture Production, 2004. Vol. 99/2. Haule, W.V. 2001. Reducing the Impact of Tropical Shrimp Trawling Fisheries on the Living Marine Resources through the Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Techniques and Practices in Tanzania. In FAO Fisheries Circular No. 974, 216-233. Hothuis,L.B. 1980. FAO Species Catalogues. Vol.1. Shrimps and Prawns of the world. FAO, Rome, Italy. Ogbonna, J.C. 2001. Reducing the Impact of Tropical Shrimp Trawling Fisheries on the Living Marine Resources through the Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Techniques and Practices in Nigeria. In FAO Fisheries Circular No. 974, 188215. Pérez Farfante, I. and B. Kensley. 1997. Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of theWorld. Mémorires du Muséum National D´Histoire Naturelle , Tome 175. Rahman, M. 2001. The Impact of Shrimp Trawling Fisheries on Living Marine Resources of Bangladesh. In FAO Fisheries Circular No. 974, 1-39. Fig. 11. The main importers of shrimp in the world are European Union, USA and Japan.
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