Shrimp hatchery design, operation and management / Kungvankij, P. [and eleven others].

Cover page "Training manual"
"Reprinted June 1989 as Aquaculture Extension Manual No. 14"

Contents: Introduction. -- Selecting suitable sites for a hatchery -- Criteria in the selection of a suitable site for hatchery -- Hatchery design and construction -- Size of hatchery -- Small-scale hatchery -- Medium-scale hatchery -- Large-scale hatchery -- Hatchery facilities -- Maturation tank -- Spawning tank -- Larval rearing tank -- Nursery tank -- Live food culture tank -- Water storage and filtration tank -- Aeration -- Seawater supply and piping system -- Lay-out and construction -- Life cycle -- Wandering type -- Borrowing group -- Preparation of broodstock for spawning -- Conditioning of broodstock -- Induced maturation -- Maintenance of broodstock in maturation tanks -- Sampling -- Larval feed -- Preparation of larval feed -- Phytoplankton culture -- Rotifer culture -- Brine shrimp as larval feed -- Preparation of processed fresh tissue of acetes, clams and mussels -- Preparation of dry acetes diet -- Preparation of egg custard -- Preparation of facilities for spawning, hatching and larval rearing -- Tank facilities -- Water quality and supply -- Aeration -- Filter box -- Selection of spawners and egg collection -- Procurement and transportation of spawner -- Treatment of spawner -- Spawning activity -- Egg collection and treatment -- Hatching and transportation of nauplii -- Determination of hatching rate -- Transportation of Nauplii -- Larval rearing -- Larval rearing in small indoor tanks -- Larval rearing in large nursery tanks -- Routine hatchery management -- Maintenance of water quality -- Feed and feeding schemes -- Monitoring -- Nursery of post-larvae -- Concrete tank -- Earthen pond -- Nursery cages -- Harvest and transportation of larvae.

Includes bibliographical references

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