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Yummy scampi all set to tickle your taste buds
If all goes well on the expected lines, the government’s plan is to augment scampi farming in 50 reservoirs of the State. As of now to procure 1.5 crore scampi juveniles, the Fisheries Department has already invited tenders and learnt to have finalise them in a couple of days.
Warangal: Yummy scampi, a freshwater prawn genus, known as Macrobrachium rosenbergii, recipes that set your taste buds on fire will soon be available and affordable to all non-veg lovers, if the State government’s pilot project intended at complementing income source to fishermen community turns out to be a success.
The government, which has been promoting fish and sheep production to achieve self-sufficiency, has also set its eyes on to carry an experimental project that peps up scampi farming. As part of the pilot project, the government has selected reservoirs - Ghanpur near Mulug in Bhupalpally district, Lower Manair Dam (LMD) in Karimnagar, Wyra reservoir near Khammam, Koil Sagar in Mahabubnagar district, Singur in Sangareddy district and Kaddam in Nirmal district, said to be ideal for freshwater aquaculture.
If all goes well on the expected lines, the government’s plan is to augment scampi farming in 50 reservoirs of the State. As of now to procure 1.5 crore scampi juveniles, the Fisheries Department has already invited tenders and learnt to have finalise them in a couple of days.
Speaking to The Hans India, Fisheries Department Deputy Director V Srinivas said: “Scampi juveniles (size 1.5 inch) produced in the hatcheries will be released in six reservoirs as part of pilot project. The harvesting time of scampi is about six months during which each prawn will gain a weight of nearly 50 grams.” What we get in the market is of export-reject quality or the variety known as Ganga royya (prawn), he said, stating that scampi variety is delicious.
Fisheries Department Khammam Assistant Director D Anjaneya Swamy said: “Wyra reservoir has been selected under the pilot project and will be a certain income generating source in addition to fish farming. It may be noted here that Palair Balancing Reservoir in Khammam, fed on Nagarjunasagar dam waters, had the potential to yield 70 tonnes of prawns in a fishing season.
As of now, majority of eateries in the State are offering Vannamei variety imported from AP and other local variety prawns recipes,” A Tirupathi Reddy, who runs a restaurant in Hanamkonda, said.
By Adepu Mahender
