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Small-scale shrimp farming and community supported fisheries in Southeast Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2021

Brian Szuster ,
Jennifer M. Bernstein ,
Kulapa Kuldilok  and
William Cecil
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Abstract

Shrimp farming in Southeast Asia is often touted as a globalisation success story. The region emerged as a key area for farmed shrimp production in the 1990s, and it remains a leading producer of shrimp for export to international markets to this day. This achievement has not, however, been without cost. Small-scale shrimp farmers in Southeast Asia have suffered persistent social, economic and environmental dislocations stemming from price pressures imposed by globalisation and neoliberal economic policies in the seafood sector. Community supported fisheries (CSF) represent an alternative marketing model which could potentially support small-scale producers in Southeast Asia whose viability is threatened by the intensification of shrimp production by large corporate interests. This article investigates opportunities for CSF in the region, encourages research that builds social capital in aquaculture communities, and identifies opportunities to link small-scale shrimp farming operations with local markets that seek high quality seafood produced in an environmentally sustainable and socially responsible manner.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , September 2021 , pp. 539 - 553
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore, 2021

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