Cage culture of the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
Abstract
An extension manual describing biology, site requirement, grow-out operations, health management, harvest, post harvest handling and processing, and economic analysis.
Citation
Cuvin-Aralar, M. L., Aralar, E. V., & Lazartigue, A. G. (2011). Cage culture of the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii). Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines: SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department. http://hdl.handle.net/10862/2159
Publisher
Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development CenterSeries
Aquaculture extension manual; No. 50Subject
Shrimp culture; Cage culture; Prawn culture; Floating cages; Feeding; Life cycle; Moulting; Site selection; Stocking density; Grading; Acclimation; Substrata; Viral diseases; Bacterial diseases; Harvesting; Handling; Economic analysis; Dimensions; Macrobrachium rosenbergii; Freshwater prawns and shrimps; Economic indicators; Philippines
Type
BookISSN
0115-5369Format
[viii], 30 p. : col. ill.Collections
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