4.1 million green tiger shrimp seeds released into Palk Bay

MADURAI: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute’s Mandapam station in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday released 4.1 million green tiger shrimp seeds (PL 25) into the Palk Bay.
The shrimp seeds were sea ranched under the 'Sea Ranching of Green Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) Post Larvae (PL) in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu’ project funded by the Union ministry of fisheries under the Central Sector Scheme component of the PMMSY.
A total of 57.64 million green tiger shrimp seeds have been sea ranched in the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar since the inception of the project in February, 2022.