History and Global Status of Freshwater Prawn Farming

Freshwater Prawns: Biology and Farming

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-11

  New, Michael Bernard ^a  

^a Wroxton Lodge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Giant Prawn 1980' stimulating global research and development; Exploring intensive freshwater prawn farming in temperate areas; Factors favouring freshwater prawn farming; Farmed giant river prawns (M. rosenbergii); Freshwater prawn farming in large scale and small scale commercial rearing units; Freshwater prawn farming not requiring coastal sites, for hatcheries or grow out; Giant river prawns, M. rosenbergii) for farming purposes; Global production status; Modern freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergil) culture; Modern freshwater prawn culture origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889341782     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444314649.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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