Export Competitiveness and Environmental Sustainability
– the Private Sector Perspective
Experiences in the Prawn Sector in Sri Lanka
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Prawn or Shrimp
From the Wild
Prawn Farm
From the Farms
Dark Black Tiger Prawns
Common Export Products
• Headless Shrimps
• Head-on Shrimps
• Peeled Shrimps
• Other Value Added Shrimps
Export Forms
• Block Frozen
• Semi IQF
• Individually Quick Frozen (IQF)
• Other Value Added Forms
Headless Block Frozen
Head-on Semi IQF
Packaging
Main Markets
• Japan - 70%
• USA - 20%
• Europe - 10%
• Other Countries
PRICING & COMPETITIVENESS
• Freshness• Good taste - Sweet• Large Sizes• Size Uniformity• Colour Separated• Consistency in Supply• Supply Quantities• Packing styles
Sri Lanka – Pearl of the Indian OceanStill Fresh & Green
Aquaculture
• Farms - 1500 • Farming Areas – 4500 ha • Ponds - 3000 ha
• Black Tiger – Exports 2000 to 5000 mt.
Stakeholders
• Farmers
• Hatcheries
• Feed Suppliers
• Equipment Suppliers
• Processors & Exporters
Regulatory Bodies
• National Aquacultural Development Authority –NAQDA (Farms & Hatcheries)
• Ministry of Fisheries – Quality Control Division (Processors)
• Department of Animal Production & Health (Prawn Feed)
• Sri Lanka Standards Institute
Main Aquaculture Area
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
• Implications on the Industry
• Impact on the Habitation
• Pollution
• Consumer Health & Safety
Implications on the Industry
• Reduced Supply Quantity
• Disease – white spot, yellow head, brown muscle,
• Retarded Growth
• Algae
• Muddy Smell
• Overall Health of the Shrimp
Impact on the Habitation
• Mangroves & Shrubs
• Reservations
• Coconut Land
• Agricultural land
Pollution
• Insufficient Water Exchange
• Accumulation of Nitrogenous waste
• Accumulation of Chemicals
• Too much load on the water bodies
• Stocking Densities
• Disease causing organisms accumulate
Consumer Health & Safety
• Chemicals
• Antibiotics
• Salmonella
• Cholera
Health Certificate For Exports
• Registration with Ministry of Fisheries
• EU Registration
Requirements for Health Certificate
• HACCP
• GMP
• EU Registration
• Regular Monitoring of Factory
• Traceability
Corrective Measures by Farms
• Closed systems• Controlled discharge of used water into the
environment• Pre-treatment of the intake water• Proper cleaning and maintenance of the
ponds• Regulated use of chemicals• High quality post larvae • Good management practices
Recent Measures by NAQDA
• Illegal farms• Crop Calendar• Monitoring of Farms, Hatcheries and
Feed• Stocking Densities• Laboratories – PCR testing• Cleaning the Dutch Canal• Opening the river mouths
COMPETITIVENESS
• Freshness• Good taste - Sweet• Large Sizes• Size Uniformity• Consistency in Supply• Supply Quantities• Packing styles
Sri Lankan Prawn Industry is Green
• All Chemicals are food quality or bio-degradable – Bleaching Powder & Calcium Carbonate
• Macro monitoring by the Govt. started only recently
• Water quality of the lagoons/canal was addressed by the Govt. only recently.
• No serious problems with the exported product• Textiles, Agriculture are more damaging to the
environment – poisonous chemicals used.
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