Shrimp

Shrimp is the highest export commodity of Indonesia fishery products, with an export value of US$ 1.57 million/year (data 2017). Indonesia ranked the fourth biggest farmed-shrimp production in the world, after India, China, and Ecuador. The main destination countries for Indonesian shrimp exports are the USA, Japan and the EU. World shrimp producers are growing with the presence of new shrimp producing countries, as well as increasing pond productivity in other producing countries. Increasing shrimp production with a limited target market will escalate the competition in the global market. Only the producers that run an efficient production process and produce a high-quality shrimp product that aligned with the consumers’ needs, who will survive. Emerging issues related to the shrimp industry are increasing consumers’ demand for high quality and safe shrimp products, an increasing focus on environmental, sustainability and social issues, and demand for information about the product consumed and inputs used (traceability). There is a gap between shrimp producers in developing countries, including Indonesia, and shrimp consumers in developed countries related to these requirements. There is a need to improve the shrimp industry’s impact on the environment, paying attention to social aspects and safety of products for consumption. Good quality shrimp is based on good production processes, from hatchery, grow-out farm, middleman and processors/exporters. An integrated quality management system from hatcheries that produce seeds, grow-out farms, intermediaries, as well as processing plants that process shrimp into various forms of products is needed to meet consumer needs. Therefore, standard operational procedures carried out by the hatchery, grow-out farm, middleman, and processors should be harmonised with international standard requirements. Shrimp export is the government’s main priority with targets to increase its shrimp export value by 2.5 times for the next five years. To achieve these targets the government aims to double shrimp production, increase exports to new markets such as China, and increase its market share in the traditional markets (namely the USA, Japan and Europe).