An experiment was designed and conducted to assess the feasibility for culture of Penaeus monodon in 6 m dia HDPE circular floating cage, installed at 10-12 m depth off Visakhapatnam in the Bay of Bengal. The cage was fixed with three cylindrical nets; inner net of 2 mm mesh (6 m dia×5.5 m height) to rear post-larvae from stock to 80 th day; middle net of 10 mm mesh (6 m×5.5 m) to rear juveniles from day 81 onwards and an outer net of 40 mm mesh (8 m dia×4.5 m height) to prevent entry of predators. Post-larvae (PL 23 ) of P. monodon (mean total length 16.1±3.8 mm), were stocked in the cage at a density of 1179 PL m -3 ). Bottom water parameters viz., salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH and ammonia (NH 3 -N) recorded in the cage site during the culture period were 34-35 ppt, 26-32°C, 3.9-4.6 ml l