Sea ranching of the green tiger shrimp Penaeus semisulcatusunder the Central Sector Scheme component of PMMSY

Atotal of 3.5 million green tiger shrimp seeds (PL 26) were sea ranched at Maraikkayarpattinam (Gulf of Mannar) on 18thOctober, 2023 under the Project entitled "Sea ranching of Green tigershrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) Post Larvae (PL) in Palk Bay and Gulf ofMannar, Tamil Nadu" funded by Department of Fisheries, Ministry ofFisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Govt. of India under the CentralSector Scheme component of the PMMSY. The shrimpseeds were released by Scientists& Staff of the Mandapam Regional Centre ICAR-CMFR. Dr. K. Vinod, Head,Mandapam Regional Centre of ICAR-CMFRI and Dr. G. Tamilmani, PrincipalInvestigator of the project presided the event. A total of 83.64 million greentiger shrimp seeds were sea ranched in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar since theinitiation of the Project (February, 2022).