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On an experimental seed collection and field culture of king prawn, Penaeus latisulcatus

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Title On an experimental seed collection and field culture
of king prawn, Penaeus latisulcatus
 
Creator Kathirvel, M
Selvaraj, V
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Early juveniles of the King prawn, Penaeiis latisulcatus Kishinouye, were
caught from the sandy barmouth area of Kovalam backwater, near Madras, during
May-July 1986. These were successfully cultivated in an earthern pond at the
Muttukadu Maricuiture Centre of the Institute for a period of 80 days supplementing
backwater clam (Meretrix casta) for feed. Over this time the
females were found grown up and with developing ovary. The size-frequency analysis
of the juveniles obtained from the wild and those reared showed a
grovrth of 29-30 mm per month. The hatchery-raised postlarvae of the species
were reared on a diet of zooplankton (copepods, rotifers and freshwater cladocerans)
and moUuscan meat (boiled flesh of clam and mussel). Those reared on
copepod diet exhibited faster growth and those reared on a combination of zooplankton
and molluscan meat exhibited higher survival.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1987
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/362/1/Article_03.pdf
Kathirvel, M and Selvaraj, V (1987) On an experimental seed collection and field culture of king prawn, Penaeus latisulcatus. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 34 (4). pp. 365-373.