monoceros, M. affinis, M. Dobson and Parapenaeopsis stylifera,
are having high demand in domestic and international markets.
P. monodon is widely farmed along the coastal states. Besides,
India also produces exotic Pacific Whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus
vannamei in sizeable quantity. During 2012-13, the contribution
of cultured shrimp to the total shrimp export was 72.26%
compared to 55% in 2011-12. The export of cultured shrimp
shown tremendous growth of 32.55% in quantity and 83.96% in
dollar terms in 2013. There is a marked reduction in the export of
Black Tiger which was greatly compensated by L. Vannamei
shrimp, which had shown a tremendous growth to 1,34,372 MT
in 2013 from 69565 MT in 2012.
Marine Products Export Development Authority
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) is
a statutory body set up by the Government of India under the
MPEDA Act 1972. The MPEDA functions under the Ministry of
Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India. The role of MPEDA as per
the statute is, promotion of raw material production by capture
& culture fisheries, processing, marketing, extension, export
standards and training in various aspects of the industry. The
MPEDA has various activities in its fold, ranging from regulatory
function to operating financial assistance schemes for the
stakeholders of the seafood producing and processing sector,
registration of fishing vessels, pre-processing units, processing
units, cold storages, marine product exporters and ornamental
fish breeding units through its field offices in all the maritime
states of India. The MPEDA has two Trade Promotion Offices
functioning at Tokyo, Japan & New York, USA. During the financial
year 2012-13, Exports of marine products reached an all-time high
of Rs 18,856 crores. Marine product exports, crossed all previous
records in quantity, rupee value and US $ terms. Exports
aggregated to 928215 tonnes valued at Rs. 18856.26 crores and
USD 3511.67 million. Compared to the previous year, seafood
exports recorded a growth of 7.68% in quantity, 13.61% in rupee
and 0.1% growth in US$ earnings respectively. Frozen Shrimp
continued to be the major export value item accounting a share
of 51.35% of the total US $ earnings. Shrimp exports during the
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period increased by 20.88%, 18.73% and 3.56% in quantity, rupee
value and US$ value respectively. South East Asia continued to
be the largest buyer of Indian marine products in 2013 with a
share of 23.12% in terms of US $ value realisation. European
Union (EU) is the second largest market with a share of 22.14%
followed by USA (21.29%), Japan (10.61%), China (7.67%), Middle
East (5.96%) and Other Countries by 9.22%. The estimated
potential brackish water area suitable for shrimp farming is about
1.2 million hectare of which around 15% is utilized for farming,
producing about 2.72 lakh tons of shrimp, scampi, crab, tilapia
and seabass which is going to the export basket. India’s total
fishery production is about 8.0 million tons from both capture
and aquaculture sources. During the year 2012-13, shrimp
aquaculture production has increased significantly. The Black Tiger
shrimp production was around 1,23,303 MT from an area of
93,110 ha. The production of vannamei shrimp was 1,47,516 MT
from 22,715 ha area. The production of scampi during the year
was 6464 MT. Diversification in aquaculture practices are
promoted through trials on cage culture of Asian Seabass, grouper
and tilapia, demonstration of mud crab culture and soft shell crab
production. India produced 747 MT Mud crab and 474 MT Seabass
and 77 MT of Tilapia for export during 2012-13. Cobia and Tilapia
are the fish varieties that hold immense potential for export
production. Simultaneously, MPEDA is actively pursuing its organic
aquaculture programme launched in 2007. It has also achieved
production of organic scampi first time in the world. MPEDA
supports ornamental fish production and export in various states
to increase production base and quality. It has also brought in
Green Certification guidelines for the first time in the world for
Freshwater ornamental fish with an aim to inculcate sustainable
development of the sector. India is one among the biggest seafood
processing hub in Asia with 470 processing units, of which 266
units have been approved by EU with a freezing capacity of over
18,520 MT/day. The MPEDA has a system in place to ensure quality
control regime that comply International standards for seafood
and hygiene. MPEDA implements pre-harvest screening of
antibiotics in farmed shrimps through its 20 ELISA labs and other
residues under a regular monitoring plan through its three NABL