Warm Water Aquaculture Research Articles

CULTURE OF FRESHWATER PRAWNS (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) USING GEOTHERMAL WASTE WATER

ABSTRACTThe farming of freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in geothermal heated water has been demonstrated to be possible in a nontropical climate. The husbandry of prawns is being done in two outdoor raceway ponds 9.1 m by 2.5 m and 29 m by 3.5 m that are 1.2 m deep. The ponds are not shielded from the ambient climate which during the winter months has recorded air temperatures as low as ‐20°C. A select brood stock is held in a small spawning building where larvae are hatched in artificial saltwater and reared to the postlarvae stage, making the facility self‐contained. This project is providing a model for potential investors to utilize the low‐temperature geothermal resources in the western United States for warm water aquaculture of a market‐size prawn.

Tilapia-An Introduction and Prospects of its Culture in Nepal

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