General Knowledge
Shrimp are primarily farmed in Southeast Asia to be used for this purpose
What is food / human consumption?
Shrimp ponds often replace environmental buffers that protect against
What are tsunamis / storms?
Shrimp farms provide a huge economic benefit to individuals living on the coast. What is the single largest threat to shrimp farms?
What is disease?
Thailand has lost what percentage of its mangroves to shrimp aquaculture? (+/- 10%)
How much is 84%?
Farmers can reduce disease outbreaks by lowering shrimp densities in ponds, improving water quality, and practicing this general type of farming approach
What is sustainable aquaculture?
Many shrimp farms in Southeast Asia are located in these areas where freshwater mixes with seawater, creating ideal growth conditions
What are estuaries?
Shrimp aquaculture spreads disease to the ocean in these two primary ways
What is discharge of untreated wastewater / contaminated waste sludge and the escape of infected shrimp
In Southeast Asian shrimp aquaculture, labor exploitation most often affects these groups, who work long hours for low pay in processing plants, ponds, or as seasonal migrants
What is a woman?
Shrimp aquaculture in Southeast Asia often relies on raising a single species in large ponds. This practice is also known as monoculture. What are the negative effects of this?
What is disease risk and reduced ecosystem variety?
Planting these coastal trees helps restore habitats destroyed by shrimp farms while protecting shorelines and improving biodiversity.
What are mangroves?
This devastating disease that causes white spots on shrimp can wipe out entire shrimp populations
What is white spot syndrome / disease ?
Excess shrimp feed and waste release nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, which can trigger harmful algal blooms through this process
About this many people are directly employed by shrimp farming in Southeast Asia
How many is 2 million?
Replacing mangrove areas with shrimp ponds can reduce populations of these filter-feeding invertebrates, which naturally help keep coastal waters clean
What are Bivalves (clams, oysters, mussels)?
At least this many mangrove trees per square meter around shrimp ponds should be planted to improve water quality and biodiversity
What is 3?
What is the primary component of shrimp feed meal?
What is fish meal -- leads to overfishing! :(
Intensive shrimp farms can make nearby agricultural land untenable through this process
What is soil salinization?
Marine shrimp farming in Thailand generated about how much revenue in 2023? (in billions)
How many is 1.65 billion USD?
Effluent from shrimp ponds often contains high levels of organic matter and ammonia, which can trigger the growth of these bacteria that produce toxic compounds and deplete oxygen in coastal waters
What are Anaerobic Bacteria?
Certification programs like this international organization promote environmentally responsible shrimp farming by setting sustainability standards.
What is the Marine Stewardship Council?
This Southeast Asian country is the region's largest producer of farmed shrimp
What is Indonesia?
Abandoned shrimp ponds that become too polluted or diseased to use anymore are often referred to by this term describing unproductive farmland.
What are aquaculture wastelands?
Rapid shrimp aquaculture expansion in Southeast Asia during the 1980s and 1990s was driven largely by demand from this country, one of the world’s biggest importers of shrimp.
What is the USA?
What is the total area of aquaculture ponds in SEA?
What is 23,000 km^2?
This farming approach integrates shrimp ponds with coastal trees to restore habitat, improve water quality, and reduce coastal erosion
What is Integrated Mangrove–Shrimp Farming?