Agenda 21 highlighted the fact that integrative management is
a complex and costly enterprise. Of particular pressing concern in
Bangladesh is the issue of capacity-building. There is a need to build
and develop technical, administrative and institutional capacity to
provide effective management. It would also be vital to create an
enabling environment to promote cooperation among the relevant
agencies (Huda, 2004). Participation of relevant stakeholders is
another essential component for effective management policies to
be developed. The use of local knowledge combined with scientific
expertise could promote better solutions for addressing the relevant
issues (Sekhar, 2005). Furthermore the discussion above has
highlighted that the problems associated with shrimp farming have
emerged largely as a result of insufficient planning