Bangladesh is a major producer of tiger prawns from traditional and semi-intensive pond systems, and improving welfare standards is increasingly linked to export market access.
Welfare concerns in Bangladeshi tiger prawn production include aggressive antibiotic use causing antimicrobial resistance concerns, poor water quality management in intensive systems, handling injury during harvest, and inhumane slaughter by boiling alive. Development organisations are working with farmers on improved practices, and certification schemes are providing market incentives for welfare improvement.