Code of Conduct For Selected 10 Segments of the Shrimp Aquaculture Industry in Bangladesh. Country/Territory Bangladesh Document type Miscellaneous Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Sea, Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Agricultural development Fiscal and market measures Poverty Rural employment Gender Ecosystem preservation Integrated management Marine fisheries Policy/planning Aquaculture Mariculture Animal feed/feedstuffs Fish disease Sustainable development Drugs Animal health Fish products Food quality control/food safety Food security Nutrition HACCP Processing/handling Packaging/labelling Traceability/product tracing Coastal zone management Wetlands Freshwater pollution Pollution control Biodiversity Alien species Genetic resources Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract This Code of Conduct, originally prepared and further revised by the Department of Fisheries Government of Bangladesh and the Department of Fisheries Government of Bangladesh concerns certain types of shrimp fisheries and shrimp processing and related matters. It develops a set of prescribed rules and practices relating to - protection of legal ownership and right of use of the shrimp hatcheries; (ii) social conflicts on the use of common properties (water usage conflicts and agricultural land use conflicts); (iii) conflicts between the rice farmers and shrimp farmers; (iv) environmental degradation caused by aquaculture; (v) labour law violations; (vi) use of hazardous chemicals in aquaculture risking food and feed safety. Specific Codes are developed for (1) Black tiger or Bagda shrimp (Penaeus monodon) hatchery (2) Galda shrimp (Macrobrachium) hatchery (3) Black tiger or Bagda shrimp (Penaeus monodon) farm (4) Galda shrimp (Macrobrachium) farm (5) Shrimp/fish feed mill (6) Shrimp collection and service centre or depot (7) Ice plants (8) Fishing boats (9) Shrimp or fish carrier transport van/ vessel. Full text English Website mofl.portal.gov.bd