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List of 24 Commercially Important Species of Prawn

List of twenty-four commercially important species of prawn:- 1. Hippolysmata Ensirostris 2. Palaemon Styliferus 3. Palaemon Tenuipes 4. Macrobrachium Malcomsonii 5. Macrobrachium Rosenbergii 6. Macrobrachium Rude 7. Heterocarpus Wood-Masoni 8. Parapandalus Spinipes 9. Plesiotiika Martia 10. Aristeus Semidentatus 11. Atypopenaeus Stenodactyius and Others. 1. Hippolysmata Ensirostris: Hippolysmata Ensirostris is distributed in India (along the coasts) Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Sumatra [...]

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Traditional and Modern System of Shrimp Culture: Comparison

Learn about the comparison between traditional and modern systems of shrimp culture. In traditional system of culture, natural stocking was done through intake of tidal water which carried large numbers of shrimp larvae. These ponds were simple in design and were meant to serve largely as trap ponds. Shrimp larvae were also released directly into the rearing or production ponds [...]

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Collection of Wild Seed Stock of Prawn: 6 Problems

The following points highlight the six major problems related to the collection of wild seed stock of prawn. 1. Problem is faced in sorting out the required species from the mixed collections (The mixed collection ma' contain larvae of slow-growing, undesirable species of shrimps and also of predatory- or weed- or trash-fish). 2. Problem may arise due to fluctuations in [...]

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