Recent Technology for the Seed Quality Management of Commercially Important Shrimp Penaeus monodon (Fabricius)

Commercial culture of shrimp involves stocking of shrimp seeds (post larvae) in the ponds rearingthem to a marketable size and harvesting. Shrimp seeds for stocking are mostly procured from the commercialshrimp hatcheries as the availability and quality of wild seeds varies. The number of shrimp hatcheries in Indiahas increased rapidly since the late 1980s. The total production of PL in India has increased with this hatcherydevelopment to approximately 10 billion per year in 2002–2003, requiring up to an estimated 200000broodstock per year. The poor management of the broodstock in the hatcheries and also the farms led to theoutbreak different diseases. In order to prevent this Pl quality will be improved. The present study wasconducted in a leading commercial hatchery situated at Mukkam, Vizianagarm (dist).A.P. The followinginformation are very much useful for hatcheries to produce high quality shrimp seeds. The broodstock qualitywas checked by using amplification of DNA and PCR test. The w ater qualities such as healthy status of thelarval, microbial load . The length and size variation, effect of fouling organisms, MBV, necrosis andendoaparasites in seeds. Stress test was also done for active and healthy seeds in the tanks by using formalin.The general conclusion obtained from the present study is that the healthy and daily monitoring of the seedsplays a vital role for giving quality seeds throughout the year. The present study is an association with a leadingshrimp hatchery and the results obtained are highly beneficial to other hatchery operators to produce highquality shrimp seeds for a sustainable and ecofriendly aquaculture in India.