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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