This is Penaeid Shrimp Fishery

1. Penaeid Shrimp Fishery
of India

2. 1. Introduction
 India is major producer and one of the major contributor
of marine crustaceans to the world production.
 Penaeid prawns is backbone of seafood export.
 Source of lively hood for millions of fisherman.
 Frozen shrimp contributes 70% of total export.
 It is Include in class crustacean.
 Penaeid shrimps fetch good price in export market next
to live lobsters.
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3. Kingdom: - Animalia
Phylum : - Arthropoda
Subphylum : - Malacostraca
Class : - Crustacea
Order : - Decapoda
Suborder : - Dendrobranchiata
Family :- Penaeidae, Aristeidae, Solenoceridae, Sicyoniidae
Genus :- Penaeus
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4. 2. Peculiar characteristics :
 Plurae of the exoskeleton of the 2nd abdominal
segment overlap only the 3rd segment.
 The 1st three thoracic legs are chelate.
 Male possesses petasma for transferring sperms.
 Female possesses thelycum for storing sperms.
 Female lay eggs individually in water.
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5. Different species of penaeid shrimp
Fenneropenaeus
indicus
Penaeus
merguiensis
Penaeus
semisulcatas
Penaeus
vannamei
Penaeus
japonicus
Penaeus
monodon

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 P. semisulcatus
 P. indicus
 P. maxillipedo (Torpedo Prawn)
 Tranchypenaeus spp.
 Solenocera spp.
 Parapenaeopsis stylifera (kiddi prawn)
 P. hardwickii (spear prawn)
 P. jerryi
 S. hextii
Deep sea shrimp :

7. 3. distribution :
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In Global : East coast of Africa, Pakistan, India,
Indonesia, Australia, Shrilanka, Malasia.
In India : East and West Coast.

9. Fenneropenaeus indicus

10. M. dobsoni

11. Metapenaeus monoceros

12. P. stylifera

13. Solenocera crassicornis

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Omnivorous.
Food includes plant matter (diatoms, algae seaweeds).
Animal matter (copepods, ostracods, amphipods, small
crustaceans, molluscan larcae, polychaetes,
foraminiforans etc.)
4. Food & feeding :

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 Young one of less than one year old- show faster growth
 Older – growth decreases.
 Penaeus- grow large size .
 P. monodon (300mm).
 P. indicus, P. semisulcatus (290 & 250 mm)
5. Age & growth :

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F. indicus- 130mm (TL).
P. monodon, P. semisulcatus – carapace length – 23mm.
P. stylifera, M. dobsoni- 63-64mm.
6. Size at 1st maturity :

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Fecundity is high.
Various between species & in proportion
to size of female & wt. of ovary.
7. fecundity :

18. Penaeus breed – throughout the year.
Female shrimp spawn about- 4-5 times in
year.
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8. Spawning season :

19. Penaeus shrimp – 2 years.
Years group contributes more to the
prawn fishery.
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9. Life span :

20. Catch of several commercial species like p. indicus, p.
semisulcatus, M. dobsoni, M. monoceros & p. sttylifera
had decreses.
Esturies & backwaters are nursery grounds for many
commercially imp. Species.
Use of stake nets in these areas need to be restricted
as it results in juvenile overfishing.
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10. Management :

21. Minimum size of cod end of trawl net needs to be
25mm.
Extension of fishing to areas beyond conventional
fishing grounds has to be encouraged by offering
suitable subsidy.
 Large-scale sea rancing of the post-larvae needs to be
done.
Trawling within 10m depth bt commercial trawler as
well as mini trawler should be completely stopped in
order to avoid exploitation of juveniles prawns.
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22. Marine & continuous estuarine areas.
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11. habitat :

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12. Mode of exploitation :
 Trawl net is principal gear used. (About 80% )
 Smaller varieties caught by Dol net. (North west coast)
 Ring seines used in Kerala, Karnataka during monsoon.
 Bottom set gill net & Disco net along east coast .
 Stake net is used for exploit juvenile shrimp along both
the east & west coast.

24. Frozen shrimp food – 59.02 % seafood.
Maximum amount of frozen shrimp is
exported to USA.
 (31.90 % in 2005-2006 value wise).
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13. Marketing :

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14. Production :
 Landing of penaeid shrimp increase from 1,64,580 t
1,99,195t during 1990 – 2015.
 Production increases due to……….
 Intense trawling in inshore water.
 Increase in effort.
 Extension of trawling to deeper water.
 Night trawling.
 Introduction of multiday fishing operation.
 Introduction of innovative gears.

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