As one of the important documentation outputs of the FAO Project TCP/INS/3402 "Development of preventive aquatic animal health protection plan and enhancing emergency response capacities to shrimp disease outbreaks in Indonesia", these Guidelines for surveillance of shrimp diseases in Indonesia were developed jointly by representatives of the Indonesian Government, the private sector and national and international experts with the aim of providing an organized set of guidelines and tools for developing and implementing a surveillance program for shrimp diseases for Indonesia.