; ; Coastal Shrimp Aquaculture in Thailand: Key Issues for Research Editor: Paul T. Smith Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Canberra 1999 The Australian Centre for International Research (ACIAR) was established in June 1982 by an Act of the Australian Parliament. Its mandate is to help identify agricul tural problems in developing countries and commission research between Australian and developing country researehers in fields where Australia has special research competence. Where trade names are used this constitutes neither endorsement of nor discrimina tion against any product by the Centre. ACIAR TECHNICAL REPORTS SERIES This series of publications contains technical information resulting from ACIAR-supported programs, projects and workshops (for which proceedings are not published), reports on Centre-supported fact-finding studies, or reports on other useful topics resulting from ACIAR activities. Publications in the series are distributed internationally to a selected audience. ,© Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research, GPO Box 1571, Can berra, ACT 2601 Australia. Email:<
[email protected]>. Home page: <http://aciar.gov.au>. Smith, P.T., ed. 1999. Coastal shrimp aquaculture III Thailand: key issues for research. ACIAR Technical Reports No. 47, l3Ip. ISBN 1 86320 273 0 Typesetting and layout: Arawang Communication Group, Canberra. Contents Preface 5 Acknowledgments 6 Glossary and abbreviations 6 Executive Summary 7 Paul T Smith, Hassanai Konkeo, Siri Tookwinas and Michael J Phi/lips An