author(s)
Viral C Bajaniya, Nilesh H Joshi, Ketan V Tank, Hitesh V Parmar and Prakash V Parmar

abstract
Shrimp aquaculture industry has shown immense good growth in last decades. Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) and the white leg Pacific shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) are the main contributor in the shrimp culture production. India ranks first in shrimp products export due to great development in shrimp farming. Shrimp farming has been also developing actively in India and Gujarat. Presently Gujarat is producing 55,161 tons of high quality shrimp from 7542 ha. The present study was carried out at shrimp farms of six districts of Gujarat viz., Gir-somnath, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Surat, Navsari, Valsad during the year 2018 to assess the pond production of shrimp culture pond. Five ponds from each selected districts was randomly selected. The data were collected during March to September 2018. The growth parameters viz., weight gain, Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), Average Daily Gain (ADG) and survival percentage were calculated. Stocking density, harvest size, FCR, culture period, ADG of selected district were significantly different (P<0.01) while pond production and survival percentage of selected district were not significantly different (P<0.01) Water parameters were significantly different (P<0.01) accept alkalinity which is not significantly different among all the ponds. To sustain the present culture practices in Gujarat, it is being recommended to adopt better management practices. The study has also provided essential information on which further studies can be carried out to evaluate impact of water parameters on growth & survival and also supports protection and decision making for sustainable development in the coastal districts of Gujarat.