The production of farm-raised Penaeus vannamei shrimp in India, which has loomed large during recent years, has created a new dynamism in the nation’s $5 billion-plus fishery products export sector. Indeed, frozen shrimp (including cultured P. monodon Black Tiger and M. rosenbergii species) accounts for more than 64% of India’s total export revenues generated by marine product sales.
Both shrimp farmers and processors are looking to the scientific community for ways to sustainably boost aquaculture output, and toward this end an upcoming one-day conference should provide insight and ideas on how to efficiently do so. The International Workshop on Advanced Penaeus Vannamei Shrimp Farming Strategies and International Success Stories, organized by the Institute of Fisheries Technology at Tamil Nadu Fisheries University and managed by the World Aquaculture Society, will be held at Hotel Green Park in Vadapalani, Chennai, on January 24.
The following presentations will be made:
- Vannamei Shrimp Farming – Have We Learned the Lessons in India? (By Dr. Baskaran Manimaran, vice chancellor, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, India)
- Myxotrophic System for High Production of Vannamei (By Dr. Farshad Shishehchian, president, Blue Aqua International Ltd, USA and Singapore)
- EMS and its Impact and Management in Vannamei Shrimp Farming (By Professor T.W. Flegel, Mahudol University, Thailand)
- Success Stories from other Vannamei Farming Countries (By Iwan Sutanto, president, Shrimp Club Indonesia)
- Intensive and Super-Intensive Nursery Raceway Systems to Improve Vannamei Performance in India (By Dr. S. Felix, dean, Institute of Fisheries Technology, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Ponneri, India)
More details about the program, as well as registration information, may be obtained by contacting Dr. Felix at the Institute of Fisheries Technology.
Institute of Fisheries Technology
Tamil Nadu Fisheries University
Ponneri – 601204. Chennai
Tamil Nadu, India
Office phone: 004-27971566
Mobile phone: 9443131025
E-mail: iftponneri@gmail.com
Website: http://iftponneri-tnfu.org/event-workshop.html).
