RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR AQUACULTURE
राजीव गांधी जलकृषि केंद्र

(Aquaculture Technology Incubation Centre of MPEDA)
(Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India)
Affiliated by Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India.

Domestication of Tiger Shrimp Project

Domestication of Tiger Shrimp Project of RGCA is located at Kodiyaghat, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The project was initiated during 2005 and the constructions of NBC facilities were completed during the year 2013. The Domestication of Tiger Shrimp Project was inaugurated on 28/02/2014 and full-fledged operation of DTSP was started thereafter and Shrimp Evaluation Study Unit BMC Rajakamangalam,Kanyakumari District,Tamil Nadu.

The Black Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus monodon): Most preferred and tasty Shrimp species

Scientific Classification

Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Crustacea
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Penaeidae
Genus	Penaeus
Species	monodon

Notifications

Major Objectives

To produce Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) broodstocks which are free from all known tiger shrimp diseases which are known / likely to cause mortality / crop loss to shrimp farmers.

To domesticate the SPF tiger shrimp and during the process of domestication efforts shall be made to improve desirable characteristics such as growth rate, fecundity, fertility etc.

To enable the shrimp export industry to comply with norms related to Traceability issues which is a necessity for getting access into many new and also to retain the existing shrimp markets.

Salient features of the Project

RGCA has created world class infrastructure facilities (SQU: Secondary Quarantine Unit & NBC: Nucleus Breeding Centre) that are technologically advanced and with best possible bio-security at Kodiyaghat, South Andaman.

This is the first project of its kind in India and probably the most sophisticated and technologically advanced projects among five Tiger Shrimp domestication programmes across the world.

DTSP has Pre-Primary and Primary Quarantine Unit at Amkunj, Middle Andaman to collect broodstock for initial quarantine for the production of founder families.

Achievements

The black tiger shrimp broodstock are developed in captivity with high Bio-secured conditions from early larval stage. RGCA-DTSP is the only institute in India has developed SPF broodstock in captivity.

At present, 11^th Generation of Tiger Shrimp families are maintaining at NBC. All families are SPF certified by National and International accredited Laboratories.

Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)

Broodstock holding tanks at DTSP, PQU Amkunj

Aerial view of DTSP Project at South Andaman

Broodstock conditioning tanks at NBC Maturation unit

DTSP-SQU inside view-Shrimp holding tank

Shrimp juveniles rearing tanks at NBC Nursery Unit

Here We Are

Dr. Anup Mandal

Project Director (SB & A)

D. Thinesh Santhar

Principal Scientific Officer [In charge]
SESU-BMC ,Rajakamangalam

K.P Sarmal

Scientific Officer,
SESU-BMC ,Rajakamangalam

P Rajarajan

Senior Field Officer ,
DTSP, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

C. Elamparithi

Assistant Project Engineer
SESU-BMC ,Rajakamangalam

G. Elumalai

Accountant
DTSP, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Dr. M. Shailendar

Senior Scientific Officer
SESU-BMC ,Rajakamangalam

M. Saravanan

Scientific Officer
DTSP, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

P Vigneshwaran

Senior Field Officer
DTSP, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Mariswaran

Junior Administrative Officer
SESU-BMC ,Rajakamangalam

S. Nagaraj

Senior Scientific Officer
DTSP, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Manoj Baidya