A preliminary assessment of growth, survival, yield, and economic return of australian red claw crayfish, cherax quadricarinatus, stocked at three densities in earthen ponds in a cool, temperate climate

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 37-50

  Webster, Carl D ^a   Thompson, Kenneth R ^a   Muzinic, Laura A ^a   Yancey, Daniel H ^a   Dasgupta, Siddhartha ^a   Xiong, Youling L ^b   Rouse, David B ^c   Manomaitis, Lukas ^c  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cherax quadricarinatus; Economic return; Growth; Pond culture; Red claw; Yield

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; GROWTH RATE; POND CULTURE; PROFITABILITY; SURVIVAL;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 2542497695     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v15n03_03     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Brummett, R.E., N.C. Alon. 1994. Polyculture of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Australian red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in earthen ponds. Aquaculture 122: 47-54.
2. Daniels, W.H., L.R: D'Abramo, M.W. Fondren, and M.D. Durant. 1995. Effects of stocking density and feed on pond production characteristics and revenue of harvested freshwater prawns Macrobrachium rosenbergii stocked as size-graded juveniles. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 26:38-47.
3. Geddes, M.C., and M. Smallridge. 1993. Survival, growth, and yield of the Australian freshwater crayfish Cherax destructor in extensive aquaculture ponds. Aquaculture 114:51-70.
4. Jones, C.M. 1988. Aquaculture potential of Cherax quadricarinatus: research objectives and planning results. Pages 73-78 in: L.H. Evans and D. O'Sullivan, eds. Proceedings of the First Australian Shellfish Aquaculture Conference, Corbin University of Technology, Western Australia, Australia.
5. Jones, C.M. 1995. Production of juvenile redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, (von Martens) (Decapoda, Parastacidae) III. Managed pond production trials. Aquaculture 138:247-255.
6. Jones, C.M., and I.M. Ruscoe. 2000. Assessment at stocking size and density on the production of redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens) (Decapoda: Parastacidae). cultured under earthen pond conditions. Aquaculture 189:63-71.
7. Jones, C.M., and I.M. Ruscoe. 2001. Assessment of five shelter types in the production of redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) under earthen pond conditions. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 32:41-52.
8. Karplus, I., A. Barki, S. Cohen, and G. Hulata. 1995. Culture of the Australian red-claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in Israel. I. Polyculture with fish in earthen ponds. Israeli Journal of Aquaculture-Bamidgeh 47:6-16.
9. Karplus, I., M. Zoran, A. Milstein, S. Harpaz, Y. Eran, D. Joseph, and A. Sagi. 1998. Culture of the Australian red-claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in Israel. III. Survival in earthen ponds under ambient water temperatures. Aquaculture 166: 259-267.
10. Maguire, G.B., and M.I. Leedow. 1983. A study of optimum stocking density and feed rate for school prawns Metapenaeus macleavi (Haswell) in some Australian brackish water farming ponds. Aquaculture 30:285-297.
11. Masser, M.P., and D.B. Rouse. 1997. Production of Australian red claw crayfish. Circular ANR-769, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
12. Medley, P.B. 1991. Suitability of the Australian Red Claw, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens) for Aquaculture in the Southeastern United States. Master's Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
13. Medley, P.B., and D.B. Rouse. 1993. Intersex Australian red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus). Journal of Shellfish Research 12:93-94.
14. Medley, P.B., D.B. Rouse, and Y.J. Brady. 1993. Interaction and disease relationships between Australian red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) and red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in communal ponds. Freshwater Crayfish 9:50-56.
15. Pinto, G.F., and D.B. Rouse. 1996. Growth and survival of the Australian red claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus at three densities in earthen ponds. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 27:187-193.
16. Rouse, D.B., C.M. Austin, and P.B. Medley. 1991. Progress towards profit? Information on the Australian crayfish. Aquaculture Magazine 17(3):46-56.
17. Rouse, D.B., and B.M. Kahn. 1998. Production of Australian red claw Cherax quadricarinatus in polyculture with Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 29:340-344.
18. Sagi, A., A. Milstein, Y. Eran, D. Joseph, I. Khalaila, U. Abdu, S. Harpaz, and I. Karplus. 1997. Culture of the Australian red-claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in Israel. II. Second growout season of overwintered populations. Israeli Journal of Aquaculture-Bamidgeh 49(4):222-229.
19. Salame, M.J., and D.B. Rouse. 2000. Forage-based feeding in commercial red claw ponds in Ecuador. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 10(3):83-90.
20. SAS. 1994. SAS/STAT User's Guide, Version 6. Fourth Edition. SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, North Carolina.
21. Tidwell, J.H., C.D. Webster, D.H. Yancey, and L.R. D'Abramo. 1993. Partial and total replacement of fish meal with soybean meal and distillers' by-products in diets for pond culture of the freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii). Aquaculture 118:119-130.
22. Tidwell, J.H., C.D. Webster, L. Goodgame-Tiu, and L.R. D'Abramo. 1994. Population characteristics of Macrobrachium rosenbergii fed diets containing different protein sources under coolwater conditions in earthen ponds. Aquaculture 126:271-281.
23. Tidwell, J.H., L.R. D'Abramo, C.D. Webster, S.D. Coyle. and W.H. Daniels. 1996. A standardized comparison of semi-intensive pond culture of freshwater prawns Macrobrachium rosenbergii at different latitudes: production increases associated with lower water temperatures. Aquaculture 141:145-158.
24. Tidwell, J.H., S. Coyle, C. Weibel, and J. Evans. 1999. Effects and interactions of stocking density and added substrate oil production and population structure of freshwater prawns Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 30:174-179.
25. Webster, C.D., L.S. Goodgame-Tiu, J.H. Tidwell, and D.B. Rouse. 1994. Evaluation of practical feed formulations with different protein levels for juvenile red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus). Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 55(3/4):108-112.
26. Zar, J.H. 1984. Biostatistical Analysis. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.