Identification of Prawns/Shrimps and their Culture

by Anshuman D Dholakia

ISBN: 9789383048571
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 12995.00
Biblio : xxxiii+366p., col. plts., figs., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. A. D. Dholakia Formerly Research Officer and Head, Fisheries Research station, Junagadh Agricultural University, Sikka, Gujarat.

About The Book

Prawns are recognized as a major delicacy for the table and in many parts of the world prawn fisheries have developed extensively during the last forty years. There is a need to develop identification technique for post larvae and juvenile of prawn/shrimp, which is easy and reliable. Such a technique would be useful for studying genetic variations of wild populations and in brood stock selection for intensive farming. In this book identification of major commercially important species is done fr

Table of Contents

"Acknowledgement Foreword Preface Recommendation List of Figures PART I: IDENTIFICATION 1. Introduction 2. Identification of Mysis stages 3. Identification of Post Larvae Stages 4. Field Identification 5. Identification of Adult Prawn/Shrimp PART II: CULTURE 6. Culture Systemand Guidelines for Culture 7. Site Selectionfor Shrimp Farming 8. Pond Preparation 9. Selection of Species for Culture 10. Freshwater Prawn Farming 11. Marine Prawn Fishery and Culture 12. Shrimp Feed and itsManagement 13. I