Thai Quality Shrimp
"Thai shrimp is safe without residues" through a production process with standards, safety, and environmental friendliness to enhance consumer trust Under the Royal Ordinance on Fisheries, B.E. 2558 (2015) and its amendments, B.E. 2560 (2017), the Department of Fisheries has propelled the Thai marine shrimp industry for years to control the production process of marine shrimp from downstream to upstream. This is to assure compliance with international standards, customer safety, environmental friendliness, and the ability to trace back in every production process. This endeavor aims to boost consumer and importing country confidence. In addition, the Department of Fisheries has prioritized labor in the marine shrimp industry, both on farms and at processing plants, by adhering to Good Labor Practice: GLP. This means that the Thai marine shrimp industry does not engage in child labor abuse, slave labor, or forced labor because the Department values labor welfare protection. As a result, consumers can rely on Thai marine shrimp produced for domestic and international markets, including export that are of high quality, meet international standards, and are safe to consume with environmentally friendly and responsible practices. Given the challenges of the marine shrimp epidemic Thailand encountered, which has resulted in a drastic decrease in marine shrimp production, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives recognizes the crucial role of marine shrimp products and, as a result, establishes an urgent policy to restore Thailand's marine shrimp production in order to ensure that it will reach 400,000 tons by 2023. The Department of Fisheries, as the competent agency, has directed the management plan for marine shrimp production throughout the whole chain to ensure that the goal setting is met through integrated work with all stakeholders, including the government, farmers, private sector, and academic institutes. These agencies have pushed all hatcheries to produce marine shrimp juveniles that are high in quality, disease-free, and residue-free, as well as encouraging all farms to have GAP certification and restore degraded marine shrimp areas while promoting and expanding marketing channels to accommodate increased marine shrimp production through the promotion of marine shrimp consumption in domestic and international markets. Apart from reviving Thailand's marine shrimp production, this policy intends to provide job stability for marine shrimp farmers and related industries. Based on the knowledge and experience that Thai farmers have accrued over a long period of time in developing and improving marine shrimp farming, it is important to keep up with the situation and increase the effectiveness of marine shrimp production through proper advice and close control of the government sector. This will guarantee that marine shrimp production will meet the standard, be secure, and be free of residues to reassure consumers and maintain a positive image for Thailand. Coastal Aquaculture Research and Business Development Group Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Division 28 June 2022
Thailand Official Document
Operating Practices of Fishery Products (DOF GMP 2004) Operating Practice for Tuna Processing (Tuna GMP) HACCP Requirements for Fish and Fishery Products Operating Practices for Fishery Products in Hermetically Sealed Container Factory Regulation Requirements for Certification of Factory Testing Laboratory General Requirements and Conditions on the Use of Processed Raw Materials from Pre - processing Establishment Aquatic Animal Feed Public Guideline : Amendment of a certificate of registration of especially controlled animal feed (aquatic animal feed) Public Guideline : Issuance of a certificate of registration of the especially controlled animal feed (aquatic animal feed) Public Guideline : Issuance of a letter to import the especially controlled animal feed to the Kingdom of Thailand (NS4) (Aquatic Animal Feed) Public Guideline : Issuing A Certificate of Free Sale for Aquatic Animal Feed NS4 Request for Importation of Feed to The Kingdom of Thailand TS2-1 Request for certificate of registration of the especially controlled animal feed TS2-2 Request for certificate of registration of the especially controlled animal feed Premix TS4 Request for certificate of registration of the especially controlled animal feed TS5 Request for Amendment of Certificate of registration of the Especially controlled Marine Shrimp Application for registration of marine shrimp breeding farm for broodstock importation Document to Verify Registration of Marine Shrimp Hatchery Using Imported Shrimps for Breeding Record Form of Application for Permission of Importing Marine Shrimp for Breeding CITES Import Export Application Document Notification of Department of Fisheries: The Form of Import and Export Certificate of Wild Animal Carcasses or Carcass Products Excluded from Group 1 and 2 in accordance with Notification of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Application form for Certificate of Unlisted Aquatic Species in Appendices of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) B.E.2547 Application Form for Permission of Import, Export or transit according to Article 23 or Article 24 of Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act, B.E. 2535 (1992) Sanitation of Aquaculture Establishment Application for Sanitation and Aquatic Animal Health Inspection of Sanitation for Exportation Establishment sanitation Audit form of Registered Aquaculture Establishment for Exportation Letter of Consent for Using Aquatic Animal Quarantine Facility forms and Public Guideline Application for registration of marine shrimp breeding farm for broodstock importation Application for Sanitation and Aquatic Animal Health Inspection of Aquaculture Establishment for Exportation Application form for Certificate of Unlisted Aquatic Species in Appendices of Convention on International Trade in Enda Application Form for Permission of Import, Export or transit according to Article 23 or Article 24 of Wild Animal Reser Document to Verify Registration of Marine Shrimp Hatchery Using Imported Shrimps for Breeding Establishment Sanitation Audit Form of Registered Aquaculture Extablishment for Exportation General Requirements and Conditions on the Use of Processed Raw Materials from Pre -processing Establishment HCCP Requirements for Fish and Fishery Products Letter of Consent for Using Aquatic Animal Quarantine Facility Notification of Department of Fisheries (The Form of Import and Export Certificate of Wild Animal Carcasses or Carcass Operating Practice for Tuna Processing Operating Practices for Fishery Products in Hermetically Sealed Containers Operating Practices of Fishery Products Public Guideline Amendment of A Certificate of Registration of Especially Controlled Animal Feed (Aquatic Animal Feed Public Guideline Issuance of a certificate of registration of the especially controlled animal feed (Aquatic animal fe Public Guideline Issuance of a letter to import the especially controlled animal feed to the Kingdom of Thailand (Aqu Public Guideline Issuing A Certificate of Free Sale for Aquatic Animal Feed Request for Amendment of Certificate of registration of the Especially controlled animal Feed Request for certificate of registration of the especially controlled animal feed Supplementary feed Request for certificate of registration of the especially controlled animal feed Type complementary feed or concentrat Request for certificate of registration of the especially controlled animal feed Type Premix Request for Importation of Feed to The Kingdom of Thailand Requirements for Certification of Factory Testing Laboratory Record Form of Application for Permission of Importing Marine Shrimp for Breeding
Fisherman Shop
Fisherman Shop @ Bang Khen The COVID-19 outbreak has had an impact on economy and tourism, resulting in significantly decreasing buying power, particularly for local products, affecting small-scale fishers as local entrepreneurs. H.E. Dr. Chalermchai Srion, the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives recognizes the limitations of local fishery products from artisanal fishers who are unable to access digital markets and lack various distribution platforms. To solve this problem, the Ministry imposes a policy to build a product distribution center such as local markets, department stores, retail shops, and gas stations in every 23 coastal provinces, including 17 provinces along the Gulf of Thailand Coast and 6 provinces along the Andaman Sea Coast. The Department of Fisheries (DOF) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has carried out the policy by supporting suitable selling outlets for the artisanal fishers to simultaneously enhance their salesmanship, processing, and packing skills. This not only increases publicity for the products but also gains value and precious images of the products in the future. This leads to the initiation of the project “The artisanal fishery product distribution to consumers at Fisherman Market”. Fisherman market events located in both central and regional areas have been remarkably successful to help and enhance the products of artisanal fishers. Subsequently Director-General of DOF, Mr. Chalermchai Suwannarak assigned Fisheries Industrial Technology Research and Development Division to establish a welfare shop of the Department of Fisheries named "Fisherman Shop @ Bang Khen". The purpose of this shop is to upgrade the distribution channels of artisanal fishery products and develop the marketing skills of the fishers. Also, Fisherman Shop is the center of public relations and branding awareness for farmers, artisanal fishers, micro and small-scale enterprise groups, and entrepreneurs under the supervision of the DOF. Moreover, Fisherman Shop @ Bang Khen could support and enhance value-added product and package development as well as logistics and transportation to ensure that the products are fresh, clean, standardized, safe, and environmental-friendly by using the “Green Flag Fisheries” symbol on the products selling at Fisherman Shop, thereby leading to improve marketing values of the products. Facebook: Fisherman Shop at Bang Khen กรมประมง Telephone: 02 579 4528 Email: fishermanshop.bk@gmail.com