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Marine shrimp farming is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimp or prawns [Note 1] 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.
There are 531 species of fishes in Pakistan, of these, 233 are freshwater fish. [1] The mahseer is the national fish of Pakistan. Notopterus notoperus; Notopterus ...
Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indo-Pacific region, from India to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia . [ 3 ]
A distinction is drawn in recent aquaculture literature, which increasingly uses the term "prawn" only for the marine forms of palaemonids and "shrimp" for the marine penaeids. [3] In the United Kingdom, the word "prawn" is more common on menus than "shrimp"; the opposite is the case in North America. The term "prawn" is also loosely used for ...
Countries by seafood consumption per capita; Rank Country Consumption in kg/person (2020) 1 Maldives: 87.30 2 Iceland: 84.30 3 Macau: 70.26 4 Kiribati: 69.22 5 Hong Kong: 65.79 6 Portugal: 59.36 7 Antigua and Barbuda: 57.12 8 South Korea: 54.66 9 Malaysia: 53.33 10 Seychelles: 52.89 11 Norway: 50.57 12 Federated States of Micronesia: 48.61 13 Japan
Melicertus is a genus of "king" prawns, comprising eight species which were previously classified as members of the genus Penaeus: [1] [2] Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811) - witch prawn; Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959) Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) - caramote prawn, striped prawn
In the world, and hence in Pakistan, fish is considered a cheap source of protein diet. In 2000, per capita food supply from fish and fishery products (kg/person) in Pakistan was 2, in Asia was 18 and in World was 16. Whereas, fish protein as a percentage of total protein supply in Pakistan was only 1%, in Asia was 10% and in World was 6%. [2]
It is estimated that seed production cost was US$1.6/1000. The cost of adult shrimp can range from US$4–5/kg. [5] The Indian shrimp has a relatively lower market value than P. monodon. Average price of white shrimp is US$5.5/kg for a size range of 21/25 shrimps per kg, while for P. monodon it is US7-13/kg.