Mud Crab Aquaculture

• Published in: Recent Advances and New Species in Aquaculture pp. 115 - 135
• Main Authors: Paterson, Brian D, Mann, David L
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Wiley 2011; Wiley‐Blackwell
• Subjects: aggression and cannibalism ‐ a major obstacle to productivity of portunid crab growout; biggest crabs, winning fights ‐ portunid crabs, fastest‐growing crustaceans on earth; biology and life cycle ‐ mud crabs, characteristics of viable candidate for aquaculture; finding alternatives ‐ use of antibiotics in hatcheries, a major priority; high‐density nursery production ‐ practice, hatchery production of megalops and first crablets; larval nutrition studies ‐ development of particulate larval diets; mud crab aquaculture, suited for ‐ live marketing, with limited infrastructure; portunid crab aquaculture ‐ mud crab females with mature ovaries, price premium, in mono‐sex culture; portunid crabs, a new aquaculture species ‐ of high value, availability of wild‐caught ‘seed’ crabs; practical hatchery methods ‐ preventing sustainable farm production of mud crabs
• ISBN: 9781405176644; 1405176644
• DOI: 10.1002/9781444341775.ch4

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Portunid crab aquaculture Biology and life cycle Technology development Future developments References