Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) produced this report because we believe it could have significant informational value to the movement, rather than because we anticipate SWP directly working on a shrimp paste intervention in the future. We think a new project focused on shrimp paste could potentially be very high impact and would be excited to collaborate with organizations working in this space.
This report was written by Alethea Faye Cendaña and Trinh Lien-Huong, with feedback provided by Shannon Davis, Aaron Boddy, Michael St Jules, Ren Ryba, and Zuzana Šperlová. We are grateful to all the stakeholders who took the time to offer their thoughts for this study. We would like to thank the external reviewers for their valuable insights and contributions. All errors and shortcomings are our own.
Executive Summary
Acetes shrimps are among the most — if not the most — utilized species for food globally. Harvested from [...]
Outline:
(00:54) Executive Summary
(05:57) Global overview of the shrimp paste industry
(06:29) Use
(08:25) Production
(11:23) Supply chain
(11:27) Small producing communities
(12:48) Equipment used
(13:25) Shrimp paste manufacturers
(14:18) Issues in the industry
(17:23) Welfare issues
(17:34) Capture and retrieval
(18:32) Processing
(20:10) Vietnam Case Study
(21:22) Industry overview
(24:21) Interview with a fisherwoman from Thanh Hoa
(26:18) Large company processors
(27:26) Challenges
(30:42) Opportunities for intervention
(30:54) In the supply chain
(31:53) Shrimp paste alternatives
(33:22) Raising Consumer Awareness
(33:50) Remaining research questions
(34:11) Acetes shrimp sentience and welfare
(34:27) Shrimp paste industry
(35:13) Fisher communities
First published:
May 8th, 2024
Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RTdsvfYTZrJLGFQZc/shrimp-paste-and-animal-welfare
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