Development and implementation of an IPM program for burrowing shrimpin Willapa Bay/Grays Harbour, Washington

摘要

In March 2003, a "Comprehensive plan towards an integrated pest management program for burrowing shrimp on commercial oyster beds" was submitted to the Washington Department of Ecology. The plan was comprehensive as it included descriptions of relevant concepts, definitions and goals, references, lists of principal authorities and policies, and five interconnected key IPM elements: (1) funding, (2) research & development, (3) implementation, (4) evaluation/regulatory compliance, and (5) dissemination. Yet the plan remains incomplete within each element. It remains "a living document" as directed in the original Memorandum of Agreement between the Growers Association and several state agencies that mandated its development in 2001. Here, we present the recent (post-2001) history of the IPM plan for burrowing shrimp and its potential future(s) within the web of environmental, political, and agricultural concerns. The plan itself is described with special consideration given to how well it corresponds to the traditional IPM paradigm adopted for terrestrial agroecosystems.