Tag: Penaeus monodon

Whiteleg shrimp and black tiger shrimp in Thailand (changing positions)

Photo credit: Wanna Thawinwan (Thailand)              Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal  Before 2002, the white leg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei did not appear in the fishery statistics in Thailand while almost all marine shrimp produced belonged to the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon. Afterwards, the local and export markets caused a …

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Culture of whiteleg shrimp, Liptopenaeus vannamei in India

Credit : G. Venkata Raju (India) – (gvraju_fisheries@yahoo.co.in) After the repeated failure of Penaeus monodon (giant tiger prawn) culture due to white spot disease, shrimp farmers are now resorted to the culture of whiteleg shrimp, Liptopenaeus vannamei in the brackish water ponds. The picture represents successful operation of Vanamei farming. Note: We decided not to watermark …

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