Nursery Rearing of Tiger Shrimp Post - Larvae in West Bengal, India -BOBP/WP/86
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Ever since the shrimp farming industry took off in Bangladesh and West Bengal, shrimp fry collection has developed into a major income-generating activitiy for thousands of people living in the coastal belts of these areas. This paper describes trials with nursery rearing of the tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) in floating cages. They were carried out in Ramnagar, Medinipur District, West Bengal, India, from 1990 to 1992. The purpose was to introduce a technology by which the fry-catchers could augment their income by nursing the shrimp fry to a larger size, with higher market value, and be in a better bargaining position vis-a-vis the traders. The trials were undertaken by a group of shrimp fry-catchers in Ramnagar, with support from the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP). The subproject was sponsored by BOBP’s “Small-Scale Fisherfolk Communities in the Bay of Bengal”, (GCP/RAS/118/MUL), a project jointly funded by SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency) and DANIDA (Danish Int ernational Development Agency) and executed by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).