30 MARCH 2018 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WAS.ORG TABLE 3. Shrimp pond area, 2015 production, and average pond-yield intensity for 30 countries. Unless noted, data on pond areas are from FAO National Aquaculture Sector Overviews. Pond area Extensive production area Production in 2015 Average pond yield Country (ha) (ha) (t) (t/ha/yr) Vietnam1 619,000 562,000 550,240 0.889 China2 421,000 35,000 1,892,801 4.496 Bangladesh3 216,000 207,000 84,024 0.389 Ecuador4 212,000 4,200 403,000 1.901 Indonesia5,6 180,000 50,000 595,071 3.306 Myanmar7 120,000 100,000 49,800 0.415 India8 141,000 2,000 500,758 3.551 Mexico9 72,000 1,440 130,361 1.810 Philippines10 6,260 3,500 60,875 9.724 Thailand11 32,440 10,000 294,896 9.090 Brazil12 25,000 1,000 83,487 3.339 Honduras13 19,000 1,900 25,000 1.316 Nicaragua13 14,700 1,470 24,530 1.669 Panama14 8,020 800 7,861 0.980 Iran 7,100 0 17,795 2.506 Peru15 5,600 0 22,183 3.961 Malaysia16 5,350 0 52,570 9.826 Sri Lanka17 5,000 500 7,090 1.418 Madagascar 5,000 0 17,074 3.415 Venezuela 4,000 400 13,627 3.406 Colombia18 1,000 0 2,484 2.484 Mozambique 2,500 250 1,367 0.547 Cuba 2,200 220 4,100 1.864 Costa Rica 1,500 150 2,682 1.788 Belize 1,350 0 5,150 3.818 Guatemala 1,300 0 8,545 6.573 Australia 900 0 5,282 5.869 El Salvador 700 70 1,084 1.549 New Caledonia 670 0 1,252 1.869 United States (mainland)19 520 0 1,719 3.306 Sum of areas 2,131,110 981,700 4,866,708 2.284 Area not found (20 countries) ≈4,000 400 8,878 2.284 Total area 2,135,110 983,100 4,875,586 2.284 1 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (2016), courtesy T.Q. Phu, Can Tho University, Vietnam. 2 China Fishery Statistical Yearbook (2016), courtesy Li Li, Ocean University of China, Qingdao. 3 Akber et al. (2017). 4 Courtesy S. Sonnenholzner, Centro Nacional de Acuicultura e Investigacones Marinas, San Pedro de Manglaralto, Ecuador. 5 www.fftc.agnet.org/htmlarea_file/library/20110718063907/bc55007.pdf 6 Douma and van Wijk (2012). 7 https://thefishsite.com/articles/bid-to-boost-myanmar-shrimp-trade-begins 8 Marine Products Exports Development Authority of India (mpeda.gov.in/MPEDA/admin/app/webroot/files/annualreport/1495802671MPEDAAR201516FinalPrintPress16112016compressed.pdf). 9 Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrolo Rural, Pesca, and Acuacultura, courtesy Scott Horton. 10 Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource (2017), courtesy Ramjie Odin. 11 www.oae.go.th/download/download_journal/2560/yearbook59.pdf, courtesy Benjaporn Somridhivej. 12 Brazilian Shrimp Producers Association, courtesy Julio Queiroz. 13 Courtesy Ismael Wong, Seajoy Group, Choluteca, Honduras. 14 Autoridad de los Recursos Aquaticos de Panama, courtesy Miguel de León C. 15 Prefers anonymity, but considered highly reliable. 16 Gee-Thean et al. (2016). 17 Galappaththi (2013). 18 Courtesy Jairo Amezquita, Consultor de Acuacultura, USSEC. 19 www.shrimpnews.com/FreeReportsFolder/NewsReportsFolder/USAfarmedShrimpProduction2015.html
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