The most comprehensive and insightful work on the subject of shrimp and shrimp marketing available. Boasting 368 pages packed with facts and forecasts of the seafood industry's most important, high-valued commodity, this book is a necessary addition to the library of every shrimp marketer at all levels of the business.

This book will provide you with:

• An overview of world shrimp production, where the shrimp is coming from, and what effect this will have on YOUR business.
• An encyclopedia of all commercial shrimp species.
• Details on all the components of the aquaculture industry - feed, habitat, farming techniques, labor, etc.
• Diseases and environmental restraints.
• Country by country breakdowns of all the producing regions of shrimp, their significance to the market and potential for the future.
• Quality aspects of the shrimp business, regulations regarding packaging and labeling.

The World Shrimp Market. Characteristics of Commercial Shrimp Species. Shrimp Aquaculture. Sources of Shrimp. Issues in Processing, Packaging and Quality. World Shrimp Markets. Marketing in the USA. A Catalogue of 158 Commercial Shrimp species World-wide. Bibliography. Appendix. Index.