• Characterization of ovarian maturation stages in wild unablated Penaeus monodon 

      Tan, J.D.; Pudadera, R.A.; De Jesus, E.G. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      At least five wild-caught Penaeus monodon from various maturation stages (initially classified in vivo as 0, I, II, III, IV, V) were measured, weighed and dissected for histological and histochemical studies. The anterior ...
    • Effect of cholesterol in artificial diets for Mediterranean prawns 

      Bianchini, M.L. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      Mediterranean prawn (Penaeus kerathurus Forsskal) postlarvae (2 months old) were fed ad libitum with previously tested artificial diet (41% D.W., mainly of vegetal origin) supplemented with different percentages of cholesterol ...
    • Factors affecting maturation and spawning of Penaeus esculentus in the laboratory 

      Crocos, Peter J. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      Adult tiger prawns Penaeus esculentus were held in laboratory tanks under varying conditions of tank size, density, temperature and photoperiod for assessment of ovarian maturation and spawning. Both eyestalk ablated and ...
    • Overview of penaeid culture research: Impact on commercial culture activity 

      Aquacop (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      The paper gives a comprehensive review of the state of penaeid culture research, its impact on commercial activity, and the major research efforts required to solve remaining problems. After providing a brief historical ...
    • Nutrition of penaeid prawns and shrimps 

      Kanazawa, Akio (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      Since Hudinaga succeeded in the artificial hatching and subsequent culture of larvae of the prawn, Penaeus japonicus, techniques for rearing this prawn from hatching to commercial sizes have been improved in Japan and ...
    • Heterotrophic bacteria associated with eggs and larvae of Penaeus indicus in a hatchery system 

      Singh, I.; Laksmanaperumalsamy, P.; Chandromohan, D. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      Total viable aerobic heterotrophic bacteria (THB) associated with egg, nauplius, zoea, mysis and postlarva of Penaeus indicus and seawater in a hatchery system were estimated for three years from 1981 to 1984. The bacterial ...
    • Seasonal abundance of Penaeid prawn seed in the Ennore estuary, Madras in relation to hydrography and lunar phase 

      Vasudevan, S.; Subramoniam, T. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      An estimate of seed resources in the coastline, estuarine, and backwater bodies is an important prerequisite for developing prawn farming. A one-year (1983) survey on penaeid seed, based on tide and lunar periodicity, ...
    • Imperatives for the future development of prawn culture in the Cochin backwater system (Kerala, India) 

      Stephen, David (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      A traditional system of prawn culture practised in the Cochin Backwater System, the largest backwater system in Kerala State, has an estimated yield of 4,000 tons from about 4,500 ha. Governmental investments to encourage ...
    • A new approach in intensive nursery rearing of penaeids 

      Aquacop (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      The need for a nursery phase between the hatchery and the growing pond to avoid mortalities of young postlarvae, and provide a better assessment of stocked animals is general in crustacean aquaculture. The Centre ...
    • Culture of blue shrimp, Penaeus stylirostris in Sonora, Mexico 

      Ramos, Juan Enrique; Martinez, Luis Rafael (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      The Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnologicas de la Universidad de Sonora has been conducting research on the culture of the blue shrimp Penaeus stylirostris since 1972. Most of the programs carried out are ...
    • Water quality criteria for farming the grass shrimp, Penaeus monodon 

      Chen, Hon-Cheng (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      Physiological and growth effects of pH, salinity, temperature, heavy metals, pesticides and others on juvenile grass shrimp Penaeus monodon have been investigated to determine the biologically safe concentrations. Optimal ...
    • The growth of a bialgal culture and its use as food for shrimp larvae 

      de la Cruz, Alfredo; Alfonso, Elvira; Leal, Sylvia (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      The cultivation of the microalga Tetraselmis chuii with the protection of the extracellular products of Chlorella kessleri, grown in a bialgal culture, allows its development in outdoor tanks without special conditions of ...
    • Seasonal and local occurrence of adults and postlarval stages of Penaeus merguiensis and Penaeus indicus in Batan bay, Philippines 

      Bañada, Vicente C. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      Studies on seasonal and local occurrence of adults (spawners) and postlarval stages of Penaeus merguiensis and P. indicus in Batan Bay and Banate Bay, Aklan yielded the following results: 1) small-sized P. merguiensis and ...
    • Intermediate culture of chinese prawn without feeding in nursery ponds 

      Zhang, W.; Li, M.R. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      The aim of the experiments is to find a new way to accomplish intermediate culture of the penaeid prawn in nursery ponds. Experiments have been carried out in prawn farms in Haiyang County, Shandong Province. Prawn fry ...
    • Cause of musty flavor in pond-cultured penaeid shrimp 

      Lovell, Richard T.; Livant, Emily J. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      In 1983, penaeid shrimp shipped into the United States from culture ponds in Ecuador were found to have an intense earthy-musty flavor which made them unmarketable. High concentrations of geosmin (trans, 1-10-dimethyl-1-9 ...
    • Intensive culture and feed development in Penaeus japonicus 

      Shigueno, Kunihiko (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      The economic feasibility of shrimp culture with high productivity of over 10 ton/ha/crop is still under evaluation in some research institutes. However, there is one exception. In a limited area in Japan, there are 63 tanks ...
    • An ecological approach to mariculture of shrimp: Shrimp ranching fisheries 

      Uno, Yutaka (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      Mariculture production in Japan has grown recently to nearly one million tons per year. Mariculture production in the shallow coastal waters of Japan mainly consists of eight species of finfish, six species of shellfish, ...
    • Biology and ecology of Penaeus monodon 

      Motoh, Hiroshi (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      The giant tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon, the largest and most commercially important species among penaeids reaching 270 mm in body length or 260 g in weight, is suitable for culture in ponds and offers high market prices. ...
    • Induced ovarian maturation and rematuration by eyestalk ablation of Penaeus monodon collected from Indian ocean (Phuket province) and Songkhla lake 

      Ruangpanit, Niwes; Maneewongsa, Sujin; Tattanon, Thanan; Kraisingdeja, Prakit (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      Because of the difficulty involved in maintaining a supply of sexually mature female shrimp for larval production in hatcheries, experiments on induced ovarian maturation in tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon by eyestalk ablation ...
    • An improved strategy for building brackishwater culture ponds with iron pyrite soils in mangrove swamps 

      Yunker, Michael P.; Scura, Edward D. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1985)
      The problems associated with acid sulfate soil limit the potential utilization of vast coastal areas of mangrove swamps for brackishwater aquaculture. There is an estimated 4.8 million ha of mangrove area in the ASEAN ...