The ever increasing demand for shrimp and the resultant
pressure on the fishery has led to stagnation or fluctuation in the yield
in recent years. Research and development activities carried out by
the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute aimed at improving
shrimp production, harnessing both capture and culture fisheries, have
yielded wealth of information over the past decades. The finding that
the yield from the traditional practices of shrimp farming prevalent in
India is only a fraction of what is actually possible from such fields
has led to the proposition of the improved technology of selective farming
of only the commercially more important species of shrimps ensuring
improvement in the quality, quantity and profitability. Research
undertaken by the CMFRI on culture system, shrimp seed resources
including hatchery production of seed, shrimp feed formulation and
farming trials have been helpful in developing suitable package of
practices for the sustainable farming of shrimps. Extension machinery
including publications, training programmes at operator, trainer
level and field level extension programmes have been instrumental in
taking the know how to the user community. Assessment of the prospects
and problems of shrimp culture development has also been accomplished
