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Mud crab Scylla tranquebarica culture in earthen pond at Tuticorin

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Title Mud crab Scylla tranquebarica culture in earthen pond at Tuticorin
 
Creator Pillai, S Lakshmi
Rajapackiam, S
Sundararajan, D
 
Subject Crabs
 
Description The mud crab, Scylla tranquebarica was cultured in an earthen pond of 0.125 ha in the Karapad hatchery of Tuticorin Centre of CMFRI. They were fed on chicken waste and trash fish and harvested after 273 days of culture. Sampling of crabs was carried out every month by noting
their carapace width and weight. The results show an increase in average weight from 133g at stocking to 428.5g after 275 days, with a survival of 23.8%. Low survival was mainly due to poaching as well as cannibalism. The hydrographical parameters during the period was monitored.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 2002
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1999/1/Pillai_245-248.pdf
Pillai, S Lakshmi and Rajapackiam, S and Sundararajan, D (2002) Mud crab Scylla tranquebarica culture in earthen pond at Tuticorin. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 44 (1 & 2). pp. 245-248.