Gaining aquaculture blue growth with Low Carbon Emission Shrimp Farming Technology

Abstract

Carbon emissions and their relation to shrimp farming activities are getting more attention from researchers and environmentalists. Emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gases are concluded as drivers of climate change due to global warming. On the contrary, climate change is proven to determine the continuity and sustainability of shrimp farming activities. The dynamics of carbon and profitability are different for the three cultivation technologies (extensive, semi-intensive, and intensive). It is caused by differences in the number and types of production inputs, facilities, and infrastructure, and also differences in productivity. This study aims to formulate the blue growth of aquaculture areas in the coastal area of Karawang Regency-West Java related to carbon emission within the DPSIR framework and use trade-off analyses to obtain shrimp farming technologies alternatives that is low in carbon emissions. The results show that to be able to reduce the carbon emissions and increase the carbon sequestration and stock as an effort for shrimp farming blue growth through optimizing the spatial use supervision and increase the productivity of shrimp farming. The lowest carbon emissions of shrimp farming technology are semi-intensive, intensive, and extensive, respectively.