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THE WORLD FISHERY AND CULTURE OF MACROBRACHIUM AND RELATED PRAWN SPECIES
by
Herminio R. Rabanal Private Consultant (Aquaculture)
and
V. Soesanto
Chief Technical Adviser
ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale
Coastal Fisheries Development Project

ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project
Manila, Philippines
1985

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.   INTRODUCTION

2.   MAJOR SPECIES

3.   THE ENVIRONMENT FOR PRAWN FISHERY AND CULTURE

4.   CULTURE OF PRAWNS

5.   MAJOR PRODUCTION AREAS

5.1   Asia and the Pacific

(a)   Burma and Thailand

(b)   China (Taiwan)

(c)   India and Bangladesh

(d)   Indonesia

(e)   Kampuchea and Viet Nam

(f)   Malaysia and Singapore

(g)   Philippines

5.2   North and Latin America

(a)   Brazil

(b)   Chile and Peru

(c)   Honduras

(d)   Mexico

(e)   United States

5.3   Europe and Africa

6.   FUTURE PROSPECTS OF PRAWN PRODUCTION

LIST OF TABLES

Table No.1.Status of Macrobrachium fishery and culture in various location/countries (After Rabanal, 1982)
 2.Species of palaemonidae from salt, brackish and freshwater of. commercial interest in Latin America which have been studied for their biology and potential for aquaculture(Adopted from Boschi, 1974)