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  2. Shrimp farming - Wikipedia

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    Shrimp farming. The gate of a traditional shrimp farm in Kerala, India which uses the tide to harvest shrimp. Shrimp farming is an aquaculture business that exists in either a marine or freshwater environment, producing shrimp or prawns [ Note 1] (crustaceans of the groups Caridea or Dendrobranchiata) for human consumption.

  3. Marine shrimp farming - Wikipedia

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    Marine shrimp farming is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimp or prawns for human consumption. Although traditional shrimp farming has been carried out in Asia for centuries, large-scale commercial shrimp farming began in the 1970s, and production grew steeply, particularly to match the market demands of the United States, Japan and Western Europe.

  4. Shrimp - Wikipedia

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    The shrimp Palaemon serratus of the infraorder Caridea. A shrimp (pl.: shrimp or shrimps is a crustacean (a form of shellfish) with an elongated body and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – typically belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchiata of the order Decapoda, although some crustaceans outside of this order are also referred to as "shrimp".

  5. Freshwater prawn farming - Wikipedia

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    A freshwater prawn farm is an aquaculture business designed to raise and produce freshwater prawns or shrimp 1 for human consumption. Freshwater prawn farming shares many characteristics with, and many of the same problems as, marine shrimp farming. Unique problems are introduced by the developmental life cycle of the main species (the giant ...

  6. Mariculture - Wikipedia

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    Mariculture. Mariculture, sometimes called marine farming or marine aquaculture, [1] is a branch of aquaculture involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other animal products, in seawater. Subsets of it include ( offshore mariculture ), fish farms built on littoral waters ( inshore mariculture ), or in artificial tanks, ponds ...

  7. Aquaculture - Wikipedia

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    Commercial shrimp farming began in the 1970s, and production grew steeply thereafter. Global production reached more than 1.6 million tonnes in 2003, worth about US$9 billion. About 75% of farmed shrimp is produced in Asia, in particular in China and Thailand. The other 25% is produced mainly in Latin America, where Brazil is the largest producer.

  8. Shrimp and prawn as food - Wikipedia

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    Shrimp and prawns are versatile ingredients. Common methods of preparation include baking, boiling, frying, grilling and barbequing. They are as delicate as eggs with regard to cooking time. When they are overcooked, they have a tough and rubbery texture. Mussels and shrimps, Van Gogh 1886.

  9. Integrated mangrove-shrimp aquaculture - Wikipedia

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    Integrated mangrove-shrimp (IMS) aquaculture is a sustainable farming system used as one of the measures for mangrove rehabilitation and can be described as a method of organic aquaculture. [1] [2] Silvoaquaculture or silvofisheries are also terms used to define this farming practice where mangrove trees are planted alongside shrimp ponds ...