Marine shrimps

                                                   

There are about19 species of marine shrimps are found in the marine environment of Bangladesh. Shrimps are captured from the four fishing grounds of Bay of Bangle in an area of about 7,800 sq km of the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) of Bangladesh and are cultured in about 1,45,000 ha of the coastal area of Khulna and Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh.

Penaeus monodon(tiger shrimp) and penaeus indicus(white shrim) are most commercially important marine shrimp of Bangladesh and fetches a large amount of foreign currency in every year.