Coastal Flooding and Salinity Intrusion Pose New Risks to Shrimp & Prawn Farms

In early December 2019, coastal shrimp and prawn farmers in Bangladesh’s southern districts faced elevated
risks from increasing salinity intrusion and storm-driven flooding. While specific damage estimates were not
yet released, industry analysts observed that these environmental pressures were reducing farm productivity and
enhancing the cost of disease-prevention.
Government advisers mentioned that adaptive farm designs—higher embankments, improved drainage, salinity-
modulation systems—were being piloted, and stressed that long-term climate-resilience must be integrated into
shrimp/aquaculture investment planning.