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Fisheries, cultivation and research aspects of mud crab (Genus Scylla) in China
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Mud crabs are distributed only along the coastal areas of southeast China. Of the four Scylla species found in China, Scylla paramamosain is the dominant species. The annual wild catch of mud crabs in mainland China was ...
Status of mud crab industry in the Philippines
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Mud crab farming has long been established in the Philippines. Scylla serrata, S. tranquebarica and S. olivacea are the common species found in the Philippines. S. serrata is the preferred species for farming by crab ...
Reproductive biology of mud crab Scylla tranquebarica found in Ratnagiri coast, Maharashtra, India
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
The study was carried out to determine the reproductive biology of the mud crab Scylla tranquebarica to provide baseline information that are useful in the seed production activities.
Size at first maturation was observed ...
Mass seed production of mud crab Scylla serrata at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Mass seed production of mud crab Scylla serrata adopting the best management practices has been done in the hatchery of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture, Thoduvai in Tamil Nadu. Mature female mud crabs from farms and ...
Status of mud crab industry in India
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Mud crab is an economically important portunid crab species found in estuaries, coastal lagoons and nearshore waters of India. The genetics team of RGCA recently made an attempt to decipher the taxonomic ambiguity of mud ...
Soft-shell crab production using hatchery-produced mangrove crab Scylla serrata juveniles
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Soft-shell crab production is being practiced in many Asian countries but the major source of seedstock is from the wild, which could no longer sustain the increasing demand. Commercial scale soft-shell crab production can ...
Status of mud crab industry in Thailand
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Mud crab is an economically important crustacean commodity in Thailand due to its high nutritional and market value. All the four species of mud crab, Scylla paramamosain, S. olivacea, S. serrata and S. tranquebarica are ...
Effect of tank color on the survival of mud crab Scylla serrata larvae
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
The survival rate of mud crab or mangrove crab Scylla serrata larvae was evaluated using black and yellow-painted tanks. About 400,000 zoea 1 were stocked in 6 tons of treated seawater. The larvae were initially fed with ...
Culture of Scylla serrata (Forskal) in cement ponds
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Male and female Scylla serrata juvenile crabs were stocked separately in cement ponds (14 x 8 x 0.8 m; 90 m3) and reared for 90 days. The study was conducted at the Fisheries Research Station, JAU. Okha, Gujarat. The crabs ...
Status of mud crab aquaculture in Bangladesh
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Bangladesh has about 710 km of coastlines with 618,780 ha of mangrove tidal flats and 80,000 ha of associated areas which are suitable for brackishwater aquaculture. Mud crab culture has been practiced for many years in ...