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| Title | Production of Freshwater Prawns in the Mekong Delta |
| Publication Type | Magazine Article |
| Year of Publication | 1992 |
| Authors | Lin, CK, Lee, C |
| Magazine | Naga, the ICLARM Quarterly |
| Pagination | 24 - 26 |
| Date Published | 1992 |
| Abstract | Currently there are 2 sources of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii production in Vietnam - natural production from the rivers and canals and aquaculture production from ponds and ricefields. An account is given of the production of this prawn in the Mekong Delta. The prawns are harvested primarily by a common small scale method using shelter traps. The total annual freshwater prawn production in Vietnam during 1985-90 was reported to vary from 5,000 to 8,000 tons, most of it from natural fisheries; although there are no official statistics on the production of farmed prawns, the amount is believed to be very small. The grow-out system includes intensive monospecies pond culture, and semi-intensive or extensive integrated rice-prawn or vegetable-prawn culture. |
| URL | https://www.worldfishcenter.org/content/production-freshwater-prawns-mekong-delta |
| Notice of Publication Number | NOP 92-A04 (English) |
