On the issue of Australian crayfish cultivation in ponds to ensure sustainable aquaculture development

Abstract

The authors of this article describe the experience of biotechnology for growing Australian crayfish in conditions of pond cultivation in a group of ponds, operating in an intensive mode, used in an isolated area close by a natural water source in the Astrakhan region. In the presented article, research is aimed to clarify the main biotechnological indicators that increase the efficiency of cultivation in pond conditions. The conditions of transportation, the duration of transportation, and the density of crayfish in ponds with an area of 1 hectare have been clarified. The presented food recipe with the specification of the percentage of nutrients as additional feeding, organized when growing in ponds according to the food recipe itself, increases not only the growth rate but also the hemolymph protein concentration, which indirectly proves the satisfactory conditions for keeping aquaculture objects. Monitoring for the biotechnology of growing Australian crayfish in pond conditions: own developed food recipe, biological and physiological testing of key indicators such as hydrochemical indicators of water, hydrobiological indicators of the concentration of, and physiological indicators for determining the so-called biotechnological norm, which will add additional missing information on this aquaculture object.