Profile updated on 31 March 2018

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Penaeus vannamei , Penaeus monodon

SPECIES NAME(s)

Whiteleg shrimp, Camarón blanco, Giant tiger prawn

JURISDICTION

West Java, South Sumatra, North Sumatra, Lampung, South Sulawesi, North Kalimantan, East Java, East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan

PREDOMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEM

Cage - Floating, Pond

WATER SOURCE

Brackish

JUVENILE SOURCE

hatchery - closed cycle, hatchery - wild broodstock


Recommendation for improvement
  • Press the appropriate regulators, including the MMAF and the fishery product certification agency, to incorporate criteria to reduce cumulative impacts and shared disease risks into the IndoGAP standard.