With the advice and active guidance of our respected Vice Chancellor, TNFU, a research programme on Peaneus spp (shrimps) for various aspects was set on rolling in Kanyakumari Ganapathipuram Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (KK-GCeSA) last month. This was commissioned as 26th Oct 2017, coinciding with the visit of visit of renowned aquaculture scientist, Dr. Shaun P. Moss, Executive Director of Oceanic Institute, Hawaii Pacific University, Hawaii. He has been invited for the specific visit to this facility to further develop collaboration in this line with Oceanic Institute and participating in the International Workshop on Marine Biotechnology and Shrimp Genetics Research (IWMS’ 2017) conducted at Nagercoil on 27th Oct. 2017.