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Prawn farming in the tidal flat of Kallar Estuary

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Title Prawn farming in the tidal flat of Kallar Estuary
 
Creator Marichamy, R
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Prawn farming is gainirg importance in Southeast coast of India in recent years. Derelier area
along the edge of Kallar River at Veppalodai has been developed into productive culture ponds.
Potential grounds for the collection of euryhaline species of prawn have been identified in the tidal
inlets along Gulf of Mannar. Culture is done in 2 seasons in a year. Juvenile prawn Penaeus indicus
of model size 25-35 mm obtained from wild and stocked in August 1985 grew to marketable size of
138 mm in five months and those stocked in February 1986 are harvested from July onwards. A
difference in the growth rate has been noticed in two different sets of experiments and the causes attributed
mostly to the environmental features of the culture ground. Better survival and production
are obtained in the summer crop. Supplementary feed was given in the form of pelletized feed ai d
trash fishes. Production rate was 530-1200 kg/ha/crop although salinity ranged from 31-48 %o.
The present results indicate the scope for further development of unutilized areas for culture practices by
improving certain management practices.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1987
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1152/1/Marich__63-68.pdf
Marichamy, R (1987) Prawn farming in the tidal flat of Kallar Estuary. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 29 (1&2). pp. 63-68.