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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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
Mud crab nursery rearing practices
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
The need for seeds for expansion of the mud crab industry led to the development of the hatchery technology. The nursery technology was developed as this served as a link between the hatchery, which produces megalopae or ...
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 ...
Molecular genetic approaches to resolve taxonomical ambiguity of mud crab species (Genus Scylla) in Indian waters
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Mud crab or mangrove crab (Genus Scylla de Haan) is one of the most extensively cultured and economically important brachyuran crabs from the family Portunidae in Indo-Pacific countries, including India. Mud crabs exhibit ...
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 ...
Development of practical diet for the grow-out culture of Scylla serrata in ponds
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
A series of feeding experiments were conducted in the laboratory and in ponds of SEAFDEC/AQD using hatchery-produced Scylla serrata juveniles to develop an effective pelleted grow-out diet. The practical feed ingredients ...