Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute realised the importantance of crustaceans as an exportable resource and stated concentrating on Prawn fisheries research and devolopment since 1960s. The Institute published 'Bulletin 14' ebtitled 'Prawn Fisheries of India' in 1969 which brought to light the complete information on taxonomy, biology and fisheries of the commercial species of prawn in general and penaeid prawns in particular. Since then many studies were ...
