ABSTRACT
One of the major problems preventing optimization of the commercial culture of shrimp is the control of female reproduction, which is highly complex in penaeid shrimps. It appears that a number of environmental signals can influence difference hormonal factors, which in turn regulate reproduction. Endocrine control of reproduction has been investigated with a wide variety of crustaceans. Shrimp farming has become one of the most important food production industries of the world, most lucrative and widely traded Aquaculture products. The extent to which any biological system can be successfully manipulated is a function of understanding the mechanisms through which that system operates. As reproductive biology is central to all biological sciences a proper understanding of it is vital for the management of the species concerned through successive generations. The fundamental problem in shrimp mariculture industry is the lack of predictably abundant supplies of offspring’s of known heritage.
