SHRIMP CULTIVATION IN SOUTHWEST COASTAL BANGLADESH: A REVIEW OF COVERAGE AREA AND PRODUCTION

This study administers a survey on available literatures and secondary data sources shrimp cultivation in Bangladesh. The results indicate that there are significant variations production area coverage under farming the country. It also finds lack of uniqueness uniformity dataset. uses concept extrapolation makes some assumptions to confine into representative updated dataset prawn cultivated south-west region findings calculated is 0.19 million hectare (ha) with 0.15 ha minimum 0.23 maximum values for year 2011. confines value 369 US$ 155 667 Since no consensus yet about data, this may be benchmark future studies.