CULTURE
OF P. INDICUS SPAWNERS
From: mhd_jeddi@yahoo.com
Date: 01 January 2001
QUESTION:
During last farming seasons me and my colleagues had
problems in obtaining a sufficient number of wild P. indicus spawners. We
have selected some 3000 shrimps from our last crop. I would be glad if
anybody could give me advice on how to prepare and use them as spawners.
At the moment they are placed in ponds covered with
light polyethylene sheets at a density of 2/m2 and fed with pelleted feed
& crab trash.
The water temperature is about 17-18 °C.
Mhd Jeddi
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COMMENTS 1:
Although I've not had any experience on preparing P.
indicus as broodstock, there is now sufficient evidence that crabs are a
viral reservoir of WSSV- therefore I must caution you against feeding crabs
to your potential broodstock that should be as virus-free as possible!
Huan
Kinabalu Biotech
E-mail: biotech@e-borneo.com
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COMMENTS 2 :
We have our experimental farm for rearing of P.
indicus broodstock PL to spawner. Since the distribution of P. monodon
is very limited in Iran, our next plan is rearing of P. monodon spawners.
Is there any center/station in wich they work on rearing of broodstock?(PL
to spawner)
Hamid Yazdani
E-mail: ahamidyazdani@yahoo.com
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COMMENTS 3:
I know of work done with the FAO on an island off
Madagascar (Nose Bei - spelling??). There was a cover feature on this a few
years ago in Fish Farming International. There is now a large P. monodon
farming industry on the Madagascar mainland, and I hear that they use pond
reared P. monodon.
Laurence Evans.
E-mail: laurence@amatikulu.co.za