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Development of a mini prawn hatchery for fishermen families

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Title Development of a mini prawn hatchery for fishermen families
 
Creator Muthu, M S
Pillai, N N
George, K V
 
Subject Hatchery
Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has developed a totally indigenous technology
for hatchery production of penaeid prawn seed. This technology has been adopted by the States of
Kerala and Karnataka to build large commercial hatcheries at Cannanore and Kumta Bay respectively.
The technology is so simple that It can bs adapted by fishermen families living on the sea
shore for producing prawn seed on a mini scale in their houses. The equipment needed for this mini
hatchery and the economics of such operations are given In the paper. There is great scope for developing
it into a cottage industry in the coastal areas.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 1990
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2942/1/Article_10.pdf
Muthu, M S and Pillai, N N and George, K V (1990) Development of a mini prawn hatchery for fishermen families. CMFRI Bulletin National Symposium on Research and Development in Marine Fisheries Sessions III & IV 1987, 44 (2). pp. 346-350.