Sanitary and phyto-sanitary barriers to trade and its impact on the environment

The reason for rapid expansion of shrimp culture in Khulna and Satkhira is the existence of natural spawning ground of the bagda chingri (salt water shrimp) PL in the rivers near the Sundarban forest. [...] This research is a study of coastal Bangladesh to see the impact of “pink gold” farming on the livelihood and the environment of coastal Bangladesh.4 2 Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Shrimp Aquaculture in Bangladesh – a vision for the future, October, 2002. [...] The research problem The government and the shrimp export industries of Bangladesh spent a large sum of money to upgrade the export plants and to monitor compliance of standards set by the importing nations under the SPS agreement. [...] Under the SPS agreement, members shall play a full part, within the limits of their resources, in the relevant Codex Alimentarius Commission, the International Office of Epizootics, and the international and regional organizations operating within the framework of the International Plant Protection Convention, to promote within these organizations the development and periodic review of standards, [...] In the shrimp industry, the first two stages are in the exporting country, ex., Bangladesh, while the third stage is controlled in the importing country, ex., the U. S. or the EU.