Although shrimp farming has already advanced from the extensive system to super-intensive operations, there are still various problems which need to be studied in order to develop more practical technologies of shrimp farming.
The environmental and nutritional requirements of shrimps at different stages of growth are not well understood yet. Research on disease diagnosis and control and other related problem areas require government support to enable the industry to further increase production and standardize shrimp farming management techniques to avoid wastage of production inputs.
Improvement of genetic quality of broodstocks also requires attention not only for shrimps but for finfishes as well.
There are certainly multifarious problems that shrimp farmers may be confronted with from day-to-day. However, adequate monitoring and recording of farming activities would enable the farmer to identify these problems and obtain solutions by consultation with field technicians, fellow farmers or known experts/institutions on the subject. On the other hand, technicians must be conversant with the technical and practical aspects of shrimp farming to be able to help the farmers at the time of need.
