This chapter focuses on advances in the farm production of the freshwater prawns (FWPs) Macrobrachium spp., primarily on M. rosenbergii. Farming FWPs is generally divided into four phases: reproduction, hatchery, nursery, ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of producing the Amazon river prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum) with tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems. An experiment ...

The urgent need to increase the global supply of finfish, molluscs and crustaceans through the expansion of aquaculture activities, in the face of finite supplies from capture fisheries, has been well documented during the ...

Freshwater prawn farming is currently one of the fastest growing sectors of aquaculture mainly due to the remarkable developments in culture technologies and their greater environmental sustainability compared to penaeids. ...

This chapter reviews the scientific research literature on the rearing of tilapia with freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium spp.) in polyculture (and co-culture) up to the beginning of the year 2015. The chapter starts with ...

The effects of prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) stocking density and the use of commercial diet on rice-prawn culture were evaluated. The experimental design was completely randomized in a 2×2 factorial, with a control ...