Aquaculture of the mangrove red snapper
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Abstract
Mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus) is an important marketable species throughout the Indo-Pacific region. It is a euryhaline species; it can tolerate freshwater, brackishwater and marine water. Modular culture is the common system in snapper production in the Philippines. Stocking density is 4,000 fry per cropping; there could be 2 croppings per year. Brief details are given of investment costs and returns for culture in brackishwater pens.
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Emata, A. C. (2003). Aquaculture of the mangrove red snapper. SEAFDEC Asian Aquaculture , 25(3), 24. http://hdl.handle.net/10862/1625
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