Pen Culture Of Shrimp In The Backwaters Of Killai, Tamil Nadu - BOBP/WP/35

Abstract

This paper describes the results of a 21 -month experiment on pen culture of shrimp and finfish in the backwaters of Killai in South Arcot district, Tamil Nadu, India. It concludes that shrimp pen culture is technically feasible and that Penaeus indicus is the most promising of culture species. The experiment was carried out in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries, Tamil Nadu. The authors of the paper thank Mr. A. D. Isaac Rajendran, Joint Director of Fisheries, and other official s for their cooperation and assistance. The paper and the experiment on which it is based are activities of the small-scale fisheries project of the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP). Funded by SIDA (Swedish International Development Authority) and executed by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), the project seeks to develop, demonstrate and promote technologies and methodologies to improve the conditions of small-scale fisherfolk and the supply of fish from the s mall-scale sector of the Bay of Bengal region. The project covers five countries in the region Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.