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Pond Aquaculture Management and Development (POND) Integrated aquaculture management for shrimp farming has helped to counter the early boom and bust experienced in shrimp farming and led to efficiency gains in the sector. Management approaches have evolved through research outcomes as well as trial and error. Shrimp farm management aims to control the processes in the pond during the grow-out cycle, through onsite monitoring of key indicators such as dissolved oxygen (DO), Secchi disk depth and feed requirements through the use of trays. Management strategies for shrimp farming are largely reactive, using measurable quantities to trigger response actions. Shrimps farms can be regulated through improved external forcing and/or reduced internal loading, e.g. utilizing appropriate aeration and water exchange, adjusting feeding requirements throughout the culture cycle or experimenting with different stocking densities. There is an increasing need to understand the n