5. SUMMARY OF THE SHRIMP FISHERY IN EACH COUNTRY

The participants had prepared reports on the shrimp fishery in their country. These were all presented and discussed. After the meeting FAO staff extracted information from each report into a common summary format. Table 1 provides important data in condensed form about the size of the shrimp fishery in each country, associated bycatch problems and information about fleets and fishing gear. More information from each country is compiled in Appendix 3.

Table 1. Summary table of shrimp fishery in 12 participating countries

Country	Shrimp catch (t) (average last 5 years)	Shrimp / Bycatch	Discard of bycatch	Fleet (numbers)	Comments
Bahrain	2222	1:2-10	60%	356 trawlers	Seasonal closure Overcapacity, juvenile fish and turtle bycatch
Bangladesh	3000-3500	1:15	~80%	48 trawlers 20 000 boats	Juvenile fish bycatch Intensive capture of juvenile shrimp
Cameroon	490	>>1:4	?	65 trawlers	Overcapacity Poor MCS Catch of juvenile fish
Colombia	4480	~1:6	~15 000t	200 trawlers	Overexploited shrimp resources Fisheries in the Pacific and in the Atlantic
Costa Rica	1800	1:7	2400t	73 trawlers	Overexploited shrimp resources Capture of juvenile fish
Cuba	2100	1:6-8	None	51 trawlers	All bycatch is landed Restriction of fishing in areas with juvenile fish
Indonesia (Arafura Sea)	18500	1:8-15	Many	461 trawlers	Poor MSC Long fishing trips and restricted storing capacity for fish bycatch
Nigeria	9865	?	?	151shrimp trawlers	Conflict with artisanal fishers. Capture of juvenile fish
Philippines	37350	~1:10	Little	445 trawlers	Most small scale operation (Baby trawls) TED means loss of target bycatch
Tanzania	635	?	?	18 trawlers	Closed season during breeding Conflict with artisanal fishers
Trinidad and Tobago	860	?	70-90%	126 trawlers 96 of which artisanal)	High discards rates of juveniles Conflict with artisanal fishers
Venezuela	4535	~1:20	60-65%	351 trawlers	Combined trawl fisheries for shrimp and fish Discards of juveniles