1 A REVIEW ON MARINE SHRIMP AQUACULTURE PRODUTION TREND AND SUSTAINABILITY IN MALAYSIA AND THE WORLD PERSPECTIVE Md Arif Chowdhury 1 , Anita Talib 2 and Khairun Yahya 3 The study was conducted in order to have an idea about marine shrimp aquaculture production of Malaysia in comparison with world production. This study also highlights the sustainability of the world shrimp aquaculture production. The analysis was performed by using data and information related to aquaculture status and impacts by reviewing available journals, reports and conference proceedings. The statistical database software Fishstat Plus (2012) of FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) was also used to analyze production trend and comparison with world production.The aquaculture production of marine shrimp in the country was 87,202 tons in 2010 with estimated value of 0.35 billion US$, which contributes 2.3% of the world shrimp aquaculture production, thus achieved the eighth highest position among the shrimp producing countries in the world. The main farmed shrimp species are whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei), and gaint tiger prawn (P. monodon). Due to disease problem in tiger shrimp production farmers have been shifted in culture species into whiteleg shrimp after 2001, presently more than 67% of farmed shrimp production comes from whiteleg shrimp. The major shrimp producing countries including China, Thailand, Indonesia have gone through the “Boom and Bust Cycle” of shrimp production with struggling process due to viral disease and international market price fluctuations. Environmental and social impacts including degradation of mangroves, shrimp disease, market price fall, food insecurity and social conflicts are key issues of sustainability in shrimp aquaculture. Keywords: Marine shrimp; aquaculture; production trend; and sustainability 1 Corresponding author, Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Pulau Pinang 11800, Malaysia Email: arifait@yahoo.com or arif@usm.my 2 School of Distance Education, USM, Pulau Pinang 11800, Malaysia 3 School of Biological Sciences, USM Pulau Pinang 11800, Malaysia