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Tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) is popular because of its tolerance to salinity and very quick growth rate. However, they are very vulnerable to fungal, viral and bacterial infections. Many fisheries have stopped rearing tiger prawn because they are economically not sustainable. Tiger prawns artificially reared in brine ponds are prone to diseases, so fisheries are shifting to whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus Vannamei) farming. This particular variety of shrimp has low maintenance and is commercially profitable.

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The Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus monodon) seedling is known as meen, and people who trap meen are known as meendhara. These fisherwomen scan the rivers of the Sundarbans mangroves with dragnets to catch the meen seedlings, working for long hours in a saline environment.

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