Table of Contents

Preface.

Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

1 History and Global Status of Freshwater Prawn Farming.

2 Nomenclature and Taxonomy.

3 Biology.

4 Broodstock Management.

5 Flow-through Hatchery Systems and Management.

6 Recirculation Hatchery Systems and Management.

7 Larval Prawn Feeds and the Dietary Importance of Artemia.

8. Nursery Systems and Management.

9. Grow-out System- Site Selection and Pond Construction.

10 Grow-out Systems- Monoculture.

11. Grow-out Systems- Culture in Temperate Zones.

12. Grow-out Systems- Polyculture and Integrated Culture.

13. Nutrition, Feeds and Feeding.

14 Grow-out Systems- Water Quality and Soil Management.

15. Health Management.

16. Biology and Management of Size Variation.

17. Commercial Freshwater Prawn Farming Around the World.

18. Post-harvest Handling and Processing.

19. Marketing and Preparation for Consumption.

20. Economics & Business Management.

21 Culture of Other Prawn Species.

22. Prawn Capture Fisheries and Enhancement.

23. Sustainability of Freshwater Prawn Culture.

Index.

About the Author

Michael Bernard New, OBE is a Past-President of the World Aquaculture Society and President-Elect of the European Aquaculture Society; Wagner Cotroni Valenti is a Professor at the Aquaculture Center, São Paulo State University, Brazil.

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