Dec 15 2008
Shimp Mariculture in Madagascar is Booming
Please go to the following link and read the summary of the shrimp fishery in Madagascar.
povertyenvironment.net/files/CASE%20Madagascar%20shrimps.pdf
I am not sure what report this originally came out of but what is very impressive is that shrimp farming now rivals wild caught shrimp in terms of production at 7000MT in 2003 and employs as many as 4000 people! I wonder why pond mariculture and shrimp farming has not caught on in other places like Kenya and Tanzania. Interesting in that it notes the capture fisheries industry is what drove the investment in shrimp farming…..