1 JUNE 1999
F. Herman, E. Fievet, P. Boucher-1999
Bulletin Francais de la Peche et de la Pisciculture, 352: 81-90 (from Current Contents)
Abstract:
Preliminary laboratory studies demonstrated that larvae of Macrobrachium carcinus need brackish water to develop fully. Nevertheless, the number of larvae reared in these first experiments were too low to consider intensive cultivation. In this work, we started with 46,900 stage l larvae a mass rearing at 28-30 degrees C. We highlighted that post-larvae production under varying salinity conditions is possible within 45 days, with 14.3 % final survival and 10.6 % metamorphosis rates. These results are low in comparison with those obtained with Macrobrachium rosenbergii, but are encouraging for the cultivation of M. carcinus in the French West-Indies and elsewhere.
(SICA Guadeloupeenne Aquaculture, Les Plaines, F-97116 Pointe Noire, France)