Supply Chain Roundtable
Asian Farmed Shrimp
Read the Asian Farmed Shrimp SR 2023 workplan.
The Asian Farmed Shrimp Supply Chain Roundtable (SR) is an industry-led coalition of North American and European importers of Asian farmed shrimp. The SR focuses on addressing priority sustainability issues affecting shrimp production, including the effects of climate change.
The SR is a vehicle for driving change in major shrimp-producing countries. The members advocate for policy and regulatory change through their supply chain networks and support the engagement of shrimp buyers with new and existing multi-stakeholder aquaculture improvement projects.
Building resilience against the effects of climate change on aquaculture farmers is possible through the implementation of landscape-based climate adaptation and mitigation projects. For example, a group of farmers can come together to coordinate mangrove restoration across a shared area, building resilience against the impacts of climate change while also supporting carbon sequestration. Connecting shrimp buyers to these projects creates critical incentives and rewards that help farmers and governments adopt this approach.
The current geographic focus of the SR is the major farmed shrimp-producing regions of Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Members also continue to explore how to support improvements in other countries, including China and India.
- Aquastar
- Beaver Street Fisheries
- Eastern Fish Company
- Fortune International
- High Liner Foods
- Mark Foods
- Seafresh Group
- Thai Union (Blake Stok, SR Industry Chair)
- The Fishin’ Company
8 Active Asian Farmed Shrimp AIPs
9 Roundtable Participating Companies
14.2 % Farmed Shrimp Production Certified or in an AIP
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Impact & Updates
In 2023, the SR shifted its strategic focus to better understand the risks posed by a changing climate to farmed shrimp supply chains and to mitigate and adapt to these risks by initiating new AIPs or supporting existing ones to broaden their improvement efforts.
Q3 2025 Update
- SR companies joined a webinar/discussion hosted by SFP on behalf of Conservation International and Think Aqua. The purpose was to solicit more supply chain support for the Banyuwangi farmed shrimp jurisdictional AIP to advocate for more exporter/processor participation, thereby increasing the scale and impact of the project. Several Indonesian processors and NGOs joined the virtual call.
Sector Background
Farmed shrimp accounts for more than two-thirds of production in the large-shrimp sector (shrimps larger than 100 per pound). The 2022 Target 75 (T75) analysis carried out by SFP shows that the volume of farmed shrimp classified as improving (either certified to BAp >1 star, ASC, GlobalGAP, or in an aquaculture improvement project) increased from 660,000 tonnes in 2021 to >1 million tonnes. This represents 14.2% of global farmed production, an increase from 10.2% in 2021. This increase is mainly driven by increased farm certification in Ecuador, India, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and, to a lesser extent, by the launch of new aquaculture improvement projects (AIPs).
Farmed shrimp is a major import product into North American and European markets. It is typically produced in tropical countries, with the bulk of it in Asia. Target 75 can only be achieved by expanding improvement efforts to shrimp production in China, which produces almost 2.5 million tonnes of large farmed shrimp and accounts for more than one-quarter of the large-shrimp sector.
Key issues include ensuring proper site selection and spatial planning to effectively manage disease risk and public water quality, and protecting sensitive habitats and ecosystems. There are also important considerations regarding sourcing marine feed ingredients and ensuring continued opportunities for small-scale producers.
Activity & Workplan
The Asian Farmed Shrimp SR can play a key role in supporting climate change resilience and adaptation in Asian shrimp-farming regions, while also delivering benefits to SR participants. Landscape-based climate mitigation projects can help build resilience and allow aquaculture farmers to adapt to the effects of climate change.
Typically, opportunities to drive progress on climate change policies are not within an individual business’s operations (i.e., Scope 1 and 2 emissions), but rather can be achieved by addressing indirect impacts within a company’s value chain (i.e., Scope 3 emissions). This means that addressing climate change requires businesses to work both within and beyond their direct supply chains. The SR’s 2023 workplan supports engagement of the entire supply chain by promoting dialogue, exchanging information in a pre-competitive fashion, and supporting education, ultimately facilitating global opportunities to foster climate change resilience and adaptation in aquaculture.
Read the full 2023 workplan.
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