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An assessment of the potential of spiny lobster culture in India

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Title An assessment of the potential of spiny lobster
culture in India
 
Creator Radhakrishnan, E V
Vijayakumaran, M
 
Subject Lobsters
Farming/Culture
 
Description Fluctuating catches and increasing demand in both internal and international markets for lobster
tails necessitate augmentation of production through proper management strategies and possible aquaculture
practices. The technical feasibility of economically viable aquaculture of few species of spiny
lobsters Is underway at the Field Laboratory of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kovalam,
Madras. Though captive breeding of various species of spiny lobsters was achieved with ease, rearing
of phyllosoma larvae to puerulii under controlled conditions was not successful. So serious attempt
to cultivate spiny lobsters should begin with rearing juveniles which are caught in large numbers along
with the commercial size lobsters It has been shown that commercial size (300 g) lobsters can
grow in less than half the time that Is required in nature, by proper feeding schedules and environment
management. A further reduction in this growing period has been achieved through bilateral eyestalk
ablation. Enhancement of growth in ablated lobsters up to 20 times of normal rate has been achieved.
An objective assessment of the present status of spiny lobster culture and the problems which need
further attention for developing commercially feasible lobster culture are discussed
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 1990
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3092/1/Article_21.pdf
Radhakrishnan, E V and Vijayakumaran, M (1990) An assessment of the potential of spiny lobster culture in India. CMFRI Bulletin-National symposium on research and development in marine fisheries Sessions III & IV 1987, 44 (2). pp. 416-426.