Subject	Aquaculture, Aquatic Science, Epidemiology
Specific subject area	Aquatic Animal Health Management
Type of data	Table
How data were acquired	Applying participatory rural appraisal tools; mobile-phone assisted Google featured structured questionnaire survey with shrimp farmers; geographic location of each farm of the respondents
Data format	Raw in MS Excel Map for sampled farmers distribution
Parameters for data collection	This dataset was obtained from the shrimp farmers following two consecutive steps. Firstly, participatory rural appraisal tools were applied to get the conceptual framework for collecting lists of farmers and the variables associated with the risk factors of WSD. Later, sampling of farmers, google questionnaire development (provided as supplementary file and made available at https://goo.gl/forms/ckG1AIf9xMTxtPpf1), and data collection were undertaken by android mobile phone-assisted survey. Parameters of this dataset belong to the farmers and farm characteristics and management practices of shrimp farms by saline zones.
Description of data collection	Total number surveyed farms were 233 consisting of 21 semi-intensive and 212 extensive shrimp farms. The data were collected in the form of continuous, nominal and binary variables disaggregated by saline zones. The dataset contains basic socio-economic data of shrimp farmers, farm characteristics, environmental attributes and disease history of shrimp farms. The dataset also has GPS coordinates of all the farms. In total, the dataset in MS Excel has 46 variables and attached as the supplementary material with this article.
Data source location	Institution: Department of Aquaculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University City/Town/Region: Khulna, Bagerhat and Shatkhira districts Country: Bangladesh
Data accessibility	Repository name: Mendeley Data identification number: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/nz96v5spbf.2 Direct URL to data: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/nz96v5spbf/2
Related research article	N.A. Hasan, M.M. Haque, S.J. Hinchliffe, J. Guilder, A sequential assessment of WSD risk factors of shrimp farming in Bangladesh: Looking for a sustainable farming system, Aquaculture. 526 (2020) 735,348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735348. [1]