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	Thailand produces three million tons of fishery products annually. Farmed shrimp accounts for 90% of seafood exports by value. Farmed shrimp exports, mostly to Japan and the U.S., of around 150,000 tons last year were valued at $2.2 billion. Disease this year reduced production. (Danil Shaw, 6/,97) Thailand exported about 20 million pounds more than Ecuador in ,97 but saw its yearly volume rise less than 1 percent. (Dan McGovern, 6/,98). The Thais have been getting the raw materials for their aquaculture industry from India, Indonesia and Bangaldesh.
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*Shrimp* The Thai Government is reportedly spending $200 million on environmental programs associated with shrimp aquaculture. Last year Thailand exported over 50 million pounds of cooked and frozen shrimp to U.S. buyers; a far second was India, at a little over 5 million pounds. Imports of black tigers from Thailand were running ahead of last year- 6,600 tons in 1997 vs. 5,500 tons in 1996. *Tilapia* An Egyptian strain of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was introduced into Thailand 30 years ago from Japan and has since become the Kingdom's most important cultured fish. The major area for tilapia seed production in Thailand is in three subdistricts of Chonburi and Chachoensao Provinces to the southeast of Bangkok, where a well-established network of local and distant traders links producers to customers all over Thailand. Thailand is moving to upgrade the quality of tilapia breeding stock and is actively pursuing introduction of genetically improved strains.
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