One of the Thailand Department of Fisheries (DOF)'s responsibilities is to develop Thailand's fishery and marine shrimp farming since it is a significant component of Thailand's economy. DOF have developed specific projects to enhance the shrimp culture sector by improving various aspects such as environmental quality, shrimp product safety, and marketing in order to support expansion of shrimp farming and improve the shrimp culture quality. DOF have developed a number of policies to support the development and protection of shrimp farming in Thailand which are as follows:

Shrimp Antibiotic Residues Monitoring Project

This project was developed to inform the various stakeholders such as shrimp farmers, feed producers, processors and manufacturers and exporters about control and prevention of antibiotic residues in shrimp products. This will increase efficiency of shrimp product quality control and inspection practices of DOF by covering the antibiotic residues in shrimp flesh and establish importer's confidence on Thailand's quality control system.

Project of Seawater Irrigation System for Marine Shrimp Farming at Kung Krabean Bay
Seawater irrigation system for marine shrimp farming at Kung Krabean was developed to design and manage a quality seawater system for the shrimp farm and to collect and treat the effluent from the shrimp farm before discharging into Kung Krabean Bay. The scope of work included detailed design and construction of the irrigation systems e.g. seawater supply, irrigation canal, and effluent treatment system.

Black Tiger Broodstock Selection Project
This project is designed to produce a quality shrimp fry and to certify the shrimp breed. The broodstock selection is to produce specific characteristics of black tiger shrimp species. The breed must be perfect in egg quantity and quality, produce a quality shrimp fry, which has a rapid growth, vigor, and disease resistance. Furthermore this can analyze for genetic variation/genetic marker in order to develop virus inspection techniques serving for shrimp farmers. The broodstock selection project comprises the following activities: selection of black tiger shrimp broodstock, quality shrimp fry production, certification of black tiger shrimp species, training and knowledge dissemination.

In addition, there are other projects in preparation or under consideration to further enhance the shrimp farming industry e.g. credit supply for shrimp farmer and quality shrimp operator under Code of Conduct or Good Aquaculture Practice guideline and aquatic animal clinic guideline. These projects are beneficial to marine shrimp operators and farmers in development of a systematic shrimp farming operation.