Penaeid shrimp are an important fishery resource in India, contributing significantly to seafood exports. They belong to the class Crustacea. Major species include Fenneropenaeus indicus, Penaeus merguiensis, and Penaeus semisulcatas. Shrimp are found in marine and estuarine habitats along India's east and west coasts. They are omnivorous and breeding occurs throughout the year. Increased fishing effort utilizing trawling and other gear has led to rising shrimp production volumes in India.

1. WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL & FISHERY
SCIENCES
FACULTY OF FISHERY SCIENCES
Submitted to, Submitted By
Dr. S. Behera Soumya Sardar
Dept. of fisheries Resource Management B.F.Sc 2nd
Year
F/2015/37
A Seminer On,
Shrimp

2. 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 livelyhood 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

3. Kingdom: - Animalia Phylum : - Arthropoda
Subphylum : - Malacostraca
Class : - Crustacea
Order : - Decapoda
Family :- Penaeidae, Aristeidae, Solenoceridae, Sicyoniidae
Genus :- Penaeus
Classification

4. 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.

5. Different species of penaeid
shrimp
Fenneropenaeus
indicus
Penaeus
merguiensis
Penaeus
semisulcatas
Penaeus
japonicus
Penaeus
monodon
Penaeus
vannamei

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

7. Marine & continuous estuarine
areas.
Habitat :

8. Distribution :
In Global : East coast of Africa, Pakistan, India,
Indonesia, Australia, Sri lanka, Malaysia.
In India : East and West Coast.

10. Fenneropenaeus

11. M.

12. Metapenaeus

13. P.

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

15. Age & growth :
 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)

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

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

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

19. 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

21. MMT
Shrimp Aquaculture by Major Producing Regions:
2010 –2017

22. Conclusion :
 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.