CANDIDATE SPECIES FOR EXPORT ORIENTED AQUACULTURE

CANDIDATE SPECIES FOR EXPORT ORIENTED AQUACULTURE

	Freshwater Prawn: Macrobrachium rosenbergii M. malcolmsoni
Present production	Culture: 3900 MT
Major markets	European Union,Japan,United States of America.
Present exports	Qty: 1909 MT Value: Rs. 870.8Cr
Status of Technology	Both hatchery technology as well as farming technology available . Commercial culture being carried out in 10,000 ha farm

	Marine Prawn: Penaeus monodon P. indicus P. semisulcatus P. merguiensis
Present production	Culture: 82,600 MT
Major markets	Japan, United States, European Union
Present exports	Qty: 1,02,424 MT Value:Rs. 3344 Cr.
Status of Technology	Hatchery and farming technology is well established commercially. About 250 hatcheries, and over 1,40,000 ha farms are in operation.

	Mud Crab: Scylla serrata S. oceanica S. tranquebarica
Present production	Culture: Negligible
Major markets	Singapore, Hongkon, Japan
Present exports	Live:Qty: 1948 MT,Value: Rs. 33.8 Cr. Frozen:Qty: 556 MT Value: Rs. 8.4 Cr. Stuffed crab:Qty : 343 MT,Value: Rs. 4.0 Cr.
Status of Technology	Hatchery and Nursery technology is not established commercially. Farming in the form of fattening is being attempted.

	Lobsters: Panulirus homarus
Present production	Negligible
Major markets	Japan, Italy, USA
Present exports	Live: Qty: 160 MT,Value: Rs. 11.5 Cr. Frozen:Qty: 1233 MT,Value: Rs. 45.90Cr
Status of Technology	Both hatchery and farming technology is in the infant stage.

	Seabass: Lates calcarifer
Present production	Culture : Negligible
Major markets	Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Hongkong
Present exports	Negligible
Status of Technology	Both hatchery and culture technology yet to be developed in India.

	Groupers:Epinephelus tauvina
Present production	Culture: Negligible
Major markets	South east Asia
Present exports	Nil
Status of Technology	Technology not available in India. Experiments on.

	Mussels:Perna viridis P. indica
Present production	Culture:Negligible
Major markets	France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands,UK
Present exports	Negligible
Status of Technology	Rope and Raft culture technology available in the country.

	Clams:Meretrix casta Paphia malabarica, Anadora granosa Villorita cyprinoides
Present production	Culture: Negligible
Major markets	Japan, Thailand, Spain, France.
Present exports	Qty: 145 MT Value: Rs. 0.94 Cr.
Status of Technology	Hatchery and farming technology is reported to be developed in the labs. Adoption in the commercial scale yet to take place.

	Tilapia:Red (hybrid) Tilapia
Present production	Nil
Major markets	USA
Present exports	Nil
Status of Technology	Technology for breeding to be imported. So also the fry will have to be imported.