studies on improved practices of prawn farming for higher ...

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
Literature survey — General
State of the art of Aquaculture practices
Origin and growth - World wide and Regional
Farming cycles - Hatchery, Nursery and Grow out
Types of culture - Pond, Pen, Cage, Tank farm
and Sea ranching.
Nature of culture systems - Traditional,
Extensive, Semi—intensive, Intensive and Superintensive.
Harvest technology and methods
Importance of aquaculture
To tide over the enhanced operational cost of
fishing owing to oil crisis.
To compensate the declining trend of capture
fishery - shrimps ,
Utilization of available and untapped water
resource and rational utilization of post larvae
and juveniles.
To maximise utilization of Exclusive Economic
Zone.
As a foreign exchange earner
As supplier of animal protein/source of renewable
energy
For socio~economic development - as creator of
employment opportunities and for betterment of
quality of life.
To produce specific varieties at will to meet the
needs of the target group.
Objectives/Aim/Purpose of study
Scientific survey of state of art of culture in the
study area
To analyse economics of operation at different
levels of farming.
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