Good prospects for whiteleg shrimp farming in India, with great export potential

Shrimp farmers on India's west coast see good prospects for farming Pacific whiteleg shrimp. Shrimp farmers along the west coast are all preparing to make a big profit by farming whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei), also known as Pacific whiteleg shrimp or South American whiteleg shrimp, a native of the eastern Pacific from Sonora Province in Mexico to northern Peru, which is also widely farmed in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Ecuador, Mexico and Brazil.

Daily News and Analysis (DNA) reported that India's central government is ready to farm this shrimp, which has won praise on the east coast, along the west coast. Shivaprakash, head of the shrimp farming center in the Ankola Uttara Kannada region, said that although this is a new species, it is widely farmed in Japan, China, the United States and parts of Europe, and that this total output is only enough to meet their domestic demand. India has suitable waters and temperatures for farming this shrimp and will become the best farming region.

Information from the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) says that aquaculturists on the east coast have already made a fortune by farming whiteleg shrimp.