15 MAY 1999
Date: 12 April 1999
From: Nathalie Stevenson <njstevenson@clara.co.uk>
To: Gilbert Van Stappen <Gilbert.VanStappen@rug.ac.be>
SHRIMP NL ON MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DISUSED SHRIMP PONDS
(Editor: Nathalie J. Stevenson, Ensis Environmental, UK)
I would like to set up an international quarterly "practitioner" newsletter on former (also referred to as 'abandoned', 'disused' or 'idle') shrimp ponds and their management, rehabilitation and restoration.
If you are interested in receiving or contributing to such a newsletter, please contact the address below.
If there is enough interest, I will produce the newsletter free of charge; however, firstly, I have to be convinced that there is indeed a requirement for such a newsletter.
Please pass this request on to anyone who may be interested, and does not have direct access to email or the internet.
Scope:
This newsletter will aim to provide information on shrimp ponds formerly in production (at all scales of intensity) which are currently idle, disused, or abandoned. This will encompass ponds constructed in several habitats and land-use types including ponds constructed in
mangrove swamp, or other swamp
salt flats and salinas
salt marshes and brackish-water marshes
finfish ponds, or ponds used for any aquaculture purposes
rice paddies, sugar cane, rubber or coconut plantations, or other agricultural lands
lands already degraded by other practices
The overall aims of the newsletter will be:
To facilitate the exchange of information and ideas on disused shrimp pond rehabilitation, restoration and management
To facilitate constructive dialogue on approaches to restoring disused shrimp ponds to former habitats and to rehabilitating disused shrimp ponds to some alternative, sustainable use (or indeed back into shrimp production)
For more information, contact:
Nathalie J. Stevenson
Coastal Resources Consultant
Ensis Environmental, 10 Thornleigh
Templepatrick, Ballyclare, Northern Ireland
UK, BT39 OEJ
Tel/fax: +44 (0) 1849 439244
e-mail: njstevenson@clara.co.uk