date:Mar 06, 2014
is improved over successive generations of breeding to promote fast growth, better feed conversion ratio, high survival rate and resistance to diseases, she said.
Black tiger shrimp hatcheries were earlier dependent upon broodstock from the wildthat was vulnerableto disease. Hence, the MPEDA imported Pacific shrimp. Thampi Samraj, Project Director RGCA, said with the nucleus breeding centre in the Andamans, the RGCA was in the process of domesticating black tiger shrimp with specific pathogen