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Table 1. Continued<br />
Culture<br />
Status<br />
Production<br />
for 1987*<br />
(t)<br />
Date of<br />
Importation<br />
Area of<br />
Origin<br />
Common<br />
Name<br />
Scientific<br />
Name<br />
CRUSTACEANS<br />
Mass produced; vesy<br />
popular, monocultured<br />
1,354.0<br />
1970<br />
Thailand<br />
Giant river<br />
Macrobrachiwn rosenbergii<br />
Experimental<br />
1979<br />
Panama<br />
Blue shrimp<br />
Penaeus slylirostris<br />
Experimental; will not<br />
mate in captivity<br />
1981<br />
Panama<br />
White leg shrimp<br />
P. vannamei<br />
Production reached<br />
fourth generation<br />
1981<br />
Brazil<br />
Red spoiled shrimp<br />
P. brasiliensis<br />
Southern white<br />
shrimp<br />
P. schmilti<br />
MOLLUSCS<br />
Major agricultural pest<br />
1932<br />
Brazil<br />
Giant Msican<br />
snail<br />
Acha!inafidica<br />
Major agricultural pest<br />
1979<br />
Argentina<br />
Apple snail<br />
Apullarius insularwn<br />
SEAWEEDS<br />
Not cultured<br />
1976<br />
Japan<br />
Kelp or konbu<br />
Laminariajaponica<br />
Commerciaily cultured<br />
1981<br />
Japan<br />
Wakame<br />
Undaria pinnati Ida<br />
Commercially cultured<br />
1981<br />
Japan<br />
U. undariodes<br />
REPTILES<br />
Popular; monocultured<br />
1924<br />
Japan<br />
American bull<br />
frog<br />
Rana catesbeiana<br />
Commercially cultured<br />
-<br />
Alligator<br />
Alligator mississippiensis<br />
Commercially cultured<br />
Caiman<br />
Caiman latirostrLr<br />
* Estimates by the Taiwan Fisheries Bureau.<br />
** Total production for the three species of catfish is 101.2 t.<br />
This is the total production for both bighead carp and silver carp.