1. Export Competitiveness and Environmental Sustainability – the Private Sector Perspective Experiences in the Prawn Sector in Sri Lanka

2. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

3. Prawn or Shrimp

4. From the Wild

5. Prawn Farm

6. From the Farms

7. Dark Black Tiger Prawns

8. Common Export Products Headless Shrimps Head-on Shrimps Peeled Shrimps Other Value Added Shrimps

9. Export Forms Block Frozen Semi IQF Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) Other Value Added Forms

10. Headless Block Frozen

11. Head-on Semi IQF

12. Packaging

13. Main Markets Japan - 70% USA - 20% Europe - 10% Other Countries

14. PRICING & COMPETITIVENESS Freshness Good taste - Sweet Large Sizes Size Uniformity Colour Separated Consistency in Supply Supply Quantities Packing styles

15. Sri Lanka – Pearl of the Indian Ocean Still Fresh & Green

16. Aquaculture Farms - 1500 Farming Areas – 4500 ha Ponds - 3000 ha Black Tiger – Exports 2000 to 5000 mt.

17. Stakeholders Farmers Hatcheries Feed Suppliers Equipment Suppliers Processors & Exporters

18. Regulatory Bodies National Aquacultural Development Authority – NAQDA ( Farms & Hatcheries ) Ministry of Fisheries – Quality Control Division (Processors) Department of Animal Production & Health ( Prawn Feed ) Sri Lanka Standards Institute

19. Main Aquaculture Area

20. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Implications on the Industry Impact on the Habitation Pollution Consumer Health & Safety

21. Implications on the Industry Reduced Supply Quantity Disease – white spot, yellow head, brown muscle, Retarded Growth Algae Muddy Smell Overall Health of the Shrimp

22. Impact on the Habitation Mangroves & Shrubs Reservations Coconut Land Agricultural land

23. Pollution Insufficient Water Exchange Accumulation of Nitrogenous waste Accumulation of Chemicals Too much load on the water bodies Stocking Densities Disease causing organisms accumulate

24. Consumer Health & Safety Chemicals Antibiotics Salmonella Cholera

25. Health Certificate For Exports Registration with Ministry of Fisheries EU Registration

26. Requirements for Health Certificate HACCP GMP EU Registration Regular Monitoring of Factory Traceability

27. Corrective Measures by Farms Closed systems Controlled discharge of used water into the environment Pre-treatment of the intake water Proper cleaning and maintenance of the ponds Regulated use of chemicals High quality post larvae Good management practices

28. Recent Measures by NAQDA Illegal farms Crop Calendar Monitoring of Farms, Hatcheries and Feed Stocking Densities Laboratories – PCR testing Cleaning the Dutch Canal Opening the river mouths

29. COMPETITIVENESS Freshness Good taste - Sweet Large Sizes Size Uniformity Consistency in Supply Supply Quantities Packing styles

30. Sri Lankan Prawn Industry is Green All Chemicals are food quality or bio-degradable – Bleaching Powder & Calcium Carbonate Macro monitoring by the Govt. started only recently Water quality of the lagoons/canal was addressed by the Govt. only recently. No serious problems with the exported product Textiles, Agriculture are more damaging to the environment – poisonous chemicals used.

31. Thank You