Import of Pacific Whiteleg Shrimp Brooders (Penaeus vannamei Boone 1931) to India: A Fifteen Year Time Series Report

By : M. C. Remany , Daly Cyriac , Anup M. , Kandan S.

Page No: 78-86

Abstract
The Pacific whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) is an exotic shrimp species that is extensively cultured and exported from India. The culture of P. vannamei which commenced at a lowkey level in India in 2009 expanded multi-fold and led the country to emerge as a dominant global shrimp producer. The brooders of P. vannamei were permitted for seed production and farming in the country only after five days of quarantine at the Centralized Aquatic Quarantine Facility (AQF) in Chennai,Tamil Nadu. The supply of brooders to the country by various empanelled broodstock suppliers located in different regions is presented in this paper. The fifteen-year period was split into three 5-year time series, T1, T2 and T3, and the region-wise supplies recorded were subjected to Student’s t-test at 0.05 significance level. The results indicated a significant increase in broodstock supplies (p<0.05) from the Florida region. A declining trend in overall imports of brooders was recorded since T2. The imports in T2 increased by 389.22% of the imports recorded in T1 whereas in T3, the increase was only 15.81% The individual data on imports during the T3 time series indicated a drastic reduction in broodstock supplies. The data presented here, predict a decrease in the number of vannamei imports in the following years, which may be due to the resurgence of black tiger shrimp, the establishment of broodstock multiplication centres for the production of brooders reared from overseas germplasm, and the surplus supply of
vannamei in the export basket. The data recorded in the paper would be useful for policymakers and researchers to understand the trends of P. vannamei import in the country which highlights the need for diversification to native shrimp species.

Authors :
M. C. Remany and Daly Cyriac : Aquatic Quarantine Facility, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture, MPEDA (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India), TNFDC Hatchery Complex, Kapaleeswarar Nagar, Neelankarai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Anup M. and Kandan S. :Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture, Sirkazhi Taluk, Mayiladuthurai Dist., Tamil Nadu, India
 

DOI: http://doi.org/10.32381/JAT.2024.39.1-4.9