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What are the types of Prawn fishery?

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Types of prawn fishery
1. Shallow water prawn fishery - located on the west coast restricted to shallow waters.
2. Estuaries and back waters or saline lake prawn fishery - The area of production of prawns are the back waters seen along the Western coast, Ennur, Pulicat, Chilka lake and Estuaries of Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers.
3. Freshwater prawn fishery - Prawns are caught from the rivers and lakes throughout India.
4. Marine prawn fishery - Most of the marine prawns are caught along the Indian coast belonging to the family Penaeidae.
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