Study on aqua-entrepreneurship in Litopenaeus vannamei Culture in Raigad district of Maharashtra

White leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) farming is getting faster attention and therefore, an investigation was carried out to study economics of L. vannamei culture carried out by a group of aqua-entrepreneurs. Information was collected from the farmer group through focused group discussion and the results revealed that, with initial investment through individual contribution started shrimp farming in 0.4 ha area. Initially this group faced some technical and management related problems due to unaware of scientific shrimp farming. After undergoing shrimp culture skill training, successfully doing shrimp farming and each group member now earning approximately net income Rs. 1.66lakh/yr. The study also revealed that this group has brought a significant improvement in socio-economic status of group members. It is suggested that potential farmers can come together and form groups and start group farming activity with the financial assistance from financial institutions.