Tag: Indian white prawn

Culture of Indian white shrimp in Egypt: Nursing of post larvae (2 out of 6)

Credit: Sherif Sadek and Mohamed Sabry (ACO), Egypt Reporting: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The post larvae (PL) of the Indian white prawn (Penaeus indicus) upon purchasing from shrimp hatcheries are typically PL-15. Shrimp farms which have nursing facilities such as this farm receive the PL-15 shrimp for nursing in such polyethylene lined facility as shown …

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Culture of Indian white shrimp, Penaeus indicus in Egypt: Pond preparation prior to stocking (1 out of 6)

Credit: Sherif Sadek and Mohamed Sabry, ACO, Egypt The photos show an important process in the preparation of an earthen pond prior to the stocking of the juveniles of Indian white prawn, Penaeus indicus. In this phase of preparation, chlorine solution of effective strength is applied to water bodies left after draining and to any …

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Culture of Indian white shrimp, Penaeus indicus in Egypt

Credit: Sherif Sadek – ACO (Egypt) This photo was taken in a shrimp fish farm during the first week of September 2013. The farm is located near Port Said. The average size of this sample is about 16 g/piece while the weekly growth rate is about 1.6 g/piece/week. The farmed species is the Indian white …

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Initial farming of Indian white prawn, Penaeus Indicus in Egypt

Photo credit: Adel Mansour and Hussien Mansour (Egypt)                   Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Even though the Initial attempts of shrimp farming in Egypt goes back to about 10 years back, the productivity per unit area was never satisfactory due to variety of reasons. The farmed species is considered among …

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