21 Volume 5 Number 1: 2007 Towards Sustainable Aquaculture in the ASEAN Region Rolando R. Platon, Wilfredo G. Yap and Virgilia T. Sulit In 2004, aquaculture production from the ASEAN region comprising 10 countries, namely, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, was 6,298,399 mt valued at 8,746,084 thousand USD. The region’s total aquaculture production contributed about 11% by volume and 12.4% by value to the world’s total aquaculture production volume and value, respectively (Table 1 and Table 2). The average growth of the region’s aquaculture production over the five-year period from 2000 to 2004 was 14.5% (Table 1) while the average growth rate of the world’s total aquaculture production over the same period was 6.8% (FAO SOWA 2006). Table 1. Aquaculture production in the ASEAN region, by volume (mt) The region’s aquaculture production systems are located in freshwater, brackishwater or marine environments. Of the three production systems, mariculture contributed most to the volume of production followed closely by freshwater aquaculture (Figure 1). In 2004, the major mariculture and brackishwater culture species were seaweeds, penaeid shrimps (Penaeus monodon, and P. vannamei, kuruma prawn, banana prawn, etc.), milkfish, oysters, mussels and other bivalves, groupers, sea bass, snappers, etc. Freshwater aquaculture was dominated by tilapia, carps, catfishes, gourami, snakehead, freshwater prawn, etc. (Figure 2). Sour ce: FAO FISHSTAT PLUS 2006 Country Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Total World’s Total 2000 113 14,430 993, 727 42,066 167, 898 98,912 1, 100, 902 5,112 738, 155 513, 517 3,674,832 45, 657, 773 2001 99 17,500 1, 076, 749 50,000 177, 021 121, 266 1, 220, 456 4,443 814, 121 608, 098 4,089,753 48, 555, 041 2002 157 18,250 1, 137, 151 59,716 183, 990 190, 120 1, 338, 394 5,027 954, 567 728, 041 4,615,413 51, 971, 882 2003 160 26,300 1, 228, 559 64,900 192, 160 252, 010 1, 448, 504 5,024 106, 4378 967, 502 5,249,497 55, 183, 013 2004 708 37,675 1, 468, 612 64,900 202, 227 400, 360 1, 717, 028 5,406 1, 172, 866 1, 228, 617 6,298,399 59, 408, 444