Abstract
ABSTRACTPond experiments with white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus. Linnaeus) were conducted at the Marine Fisheries Research Station, Palacios, Texas during 1973. Two 0.4 ha ponds were used as nursery ponds. Ten ponds (six 0.2 and four 0.1 ha) were used as grow‐out ponds where the effects of stocking rate, pond size, and feed type on growth rates were studied. Shrimp in the grow‐out ponds were sampled twice monthly and fed two different types of feed at 7.5% of the total weight of the shrimp, assuming 10% handling and stocking mortality. Feed types and pond sizes significantly affected shrimp growth while stocking density did not. Food conversion rates ranged from 1.8 to 2.3. Production ranged from 224 to 667.5 kg per ha. Temperatures ranged from 19.4 to 31.9 C., while salinities ranged from 6.0 to 17.8 ppt.
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