Vol. 7, Issue 12, Part A (2025)

The demand for the sea foods has been increasing over the period of years. Shrimp industry in India is one among the sea food basket that has grown over the years. Litopenaeus vannamei (white leg shrimp) is the highly demanded cultured shrimps in India. The total Indian shrimp production was 7,16,004 MT in the year 2023-24. Andhra Pradesh is the leading Shrimp producing state in India. The total production of shrimp (L. vannamei) during the year 2023-24 was 4, 56,300 MT. The major share of shrimp production in Andhra Pradesh was shared by districts and Nellore districts with 55.5percent and 44.5percent of total production respectively. In this study, it was aimed to identify the cost of production, constraints faced in production, various marketing channel of shrimp in Andhra Pradesh and also to enumerate the price spread of the shrimp (L. vannamei) variety for the existing channel in Nellore districts of Andhra Pradesh. Totally 120 samples that included 80 shrimp farms, 15 hatcheries, 10 input suppliers, 10 middlemen and 5 processing plant and export units was selected for the study. The study revealed that the average gross return per acre/season was Rs. 8, 20, 000 from shrimp cultivation considering the average market price of Rs. 328 per kg of shrimp. The average annual return of Rs. 5, 82, 636 was received per acre/annum. Disease problem and lack of availability of quality seeds are the most important constraints faced by the respondents in the shrimp’s production.