In the early 70s, a major portion of the Thai shrimp exports were caught from the sea but catch declined in the 80s and 90s, shrimp aqua-culture, on the other hand, flourished. In 1995, shrimp export amounted to 42°/o of the total shrimp production. Farmed shrimp's growing importance is depicted in Table 5 where, the increasing farmed shrimp production share on the total shrimp production is shown