The shrimp aquaculture production and revenue is expected to increase by five-fold, with the inauguration of new expansion of Aquatic Quarantine Facility in Chennai.
According to Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Seafood exports recorded an all time high figure of INR 16,597.23 crore (around USD 3508.45 million), an increase of around 29 percent in rupee terms and around 23 percent in dollar terms.
Shrimp accounted for around 50 percent of the value of seafood exports, an all time high of USD 1740 million foreign exchange earnings.??
The increase in shrimp export was achieved mainly by surge in production from aquaculture mainly contributed by the native shrimp species, the black tiger shrimp.??
The Ministry of Agriculture added the increased production of vannamei shrimp was one of the major reasons for setting the new high benchmark in seafood export.
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