Coastal Aquaculture and Mariculture

Unit 6- Crustaceans

6.2.2. Production trend
The estimated average catch of non-penaeid shrimps were 1.14 1akh tonnes during 1991-2000. They contributed 5.8% of total marine fish production during the same period. Among the maritime states, Gujarat contributed maximum (57.5%) followed by Maharashtra (33.1%), West Bengal (3.9%), Andhra Pradesh 2.6%) and Kerala (1.8%). The resource is characteristic of the northwest coast, which accounts for almost 90% of the total non-penaeid shrimp production in the country. In Maharashtra and Gujarat, the non-penaeids account for 10.8% and 12.6% of the total marine fish landings in these states. Deep sea non-penaeid shrimps are being harvested along Tamilnadu and Kerala by the deep sea shrimp trawlers.
Recent production

(Source: CMFRI, Annual Reports)