Central Marine Research Institutes regional centre atMandapaminTamil Nadureleased 1.6 milliongreen tiger shrimp seedsinto the sea.
The exercise was carried out under the project, Sea ranching ofgreen tiger shrimp(Penaeus semisulcatus) post larvae (PL) in the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu funded by department of fisheries, Union ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying, under the central sector scheme component of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
The shrimp seeds were released by the staff of Mandapam regional centre in the presence of Dr G Tamilmani, head-in-charge and principal investigator of the project.
A total of 58.24 million green tiger shrimp seeds have been sea ranched in the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar since the initiation of the project in February 2022. The sea ranching programme was coordinated by senior scientist of the centre Dr B Johnson.