The social consequences of tropical shrimp mariculture development

✍ Scribed by Conner Bailey

• Book ID: 103970636
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1988
• Weight: 856 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-8312
• DOI: 10.1016/0951-8312(88)90004-5

✦ Synopsis

Tropical shrimp mariculture has become a focal point of coastal resource development over the past decade. Strong international demand, combined with static supplies of shrimp from capture fisheries, have made shrimp mariculture attractive to national leaders, international development agencies, and private sector entrepreneurs. In this paper the rapid development of shrimp mariculture over the past decade is briefly reviewed and the impact of this development on coastal ecosystems is discussed. The social consequences of shrimp mariculture development are examined with particular reference to resource allocation and property rights, the role of the state, and the marginalization of small-scale producers. The paper concludes with a discussion of alternative policies for promoting shrimp mariculture on a socially sound and sustainable basis.