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A total of 93110 ha area is under tiger shrimp culture in 9 maritime states producing 123303 MT with an average production of 1.32 MT/ha/year. The state of Gujarat records maximum productivity of 3.03 MT/ha/year followed by Tamil Nadu and Orissa with productivity of 2.74 and 2.25 respectively.
| Sl. No. | State | Area Utilized (Ha) |
Production (MT) |
Productivity (MT/ha/Year) |
| 1 | West Bengal | 48,410 | 52,581 | 1.09 |
| 2 | Orissa | 6,256 | 14,096 | 2.25 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 15,925 | 25,948 | 1.63 |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 6,293 | 17,220 | 2.74 |
| 5 | Kerala | 12,917 | 5,175 | 0.4 |
| 6 | Karnataka | 240 | 180 | 0.75 |
| 7 | Goa | 30 | 48 | 1.61 |
| 8 | Maharashtra | 1,047 | 2,010 | 1.92 |
| 9 | Gujarat | 1,992 | 6,045 | 3.03 |
| Total | 93,110 | 123,303 | 1.32 |
22715 ha is under pacific white shrimp culture in 7 maritime states producing 147516 MT with Andhra Pradesh leading in total area under culture and production. All India average productivity is 6.49 MT/ha/year.
| Sl. No. | State | Area (Ha) | Prod. (MT) | Productivity (MT/ha/Year) |
| 1 | West Bengal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Orissa | 46 | 436 | 9.48 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 20198 | 133135 | 6.59 |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 1511 | 8595 | 5.69 |
| 5 | Kerala | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Karnataka | 154 | 484 | 3.14 |
| 7 | Goa | 1 | 15 | |
| 8 | Maharashtra | 439 | 1503 | 3.42 |
| 9 | Gujarat | 366 | 3348 | 9.14 |
| Total | 22715 | 147516 | 6.49 |
The nine farming states have produced 270819 MT of these shrimp varieties with Andhra Pradesh topping the production followed by West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
| Sl. No. | State | Area (Ha) | Prod. (MT) | Productivity (MT/ha/Year) |
| 1 | West Bengal | 48,410 | 52,581 | 1.09 |
| 2 | Orissa | 6,302 | 14,532 | 2.31 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 36,123 | 159,083 | 4.4 |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 7,804 | 25,815 | 3.31 |
| 5 | Kerala | 12,917 | 5,175 | 0.4 |
| 6 | Karnataka | 394 | 664 | 1.68 |
| 7 | Goa | 31 | 63 | 2.05 |
| 8 | Maharashtra | 1,486 | 3,513 | 2.36 |
| 9 | Gujarat | 2,359 | 9,393 | 3.98 |
| Total | 115,826 | 270,819 | 2.34 |
The total scampi production from the nine states is 3332 MT from 2919 ha with an average productivity of 1.14 MT/ha/year. West Bengal is the leading producer followed by Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
| Sl. No |
State | Area Utilized (ha) | Production (MT) | Productivity (MT/ha/Yr) |
| 1 | West Bengal | 1520 | 2446 | 1.61 |
| 2 | Orissa | 886 | 592 | 0.67 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 280 | 174 | 0.62 |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 136 | 54 | 0.39 |
| 5 | Kerala | 48 | 6 | 0.12 |
| 6 | Karnataka | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 7 | Maharashtra | 49 | 60 | 1.22 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 2919 | 3332 | 1.14 |