Are there enough shrimps in the sea?

Abstract

The subject on shrimps seems very timely indeed, because not a day passes without our hearing or reading something about the shortage of prawns in Kerala. There seems a general agreement amongst the fishermen and the fishery industrialists that the shrimp stocks are on the decline. Such a complete agreement, however, does not exist among the fishery scientists. A considerable apprehension is also being expressed by the other maritime states of India, for they feel that what Kerala is facing today, they might have to face later on.