TIGER PRAWN

• 20.6k MT - Pacific White Shrimp Production
• 42.1k MT Tiger Prawn Production
• 1.3 MT - Freshwater Prawn Production
• TIGER PRAWN - Penaeus monodon
• Seed supply rely solely on hatchery produced seeds.
• 25-30cm long and 200-320g weight - Healthy female brood stock for tiger prawn.
• Healthy males tiger prawn brood stock are 20-25 cm and 100-170 g weight
• Captured wild from 60-80 m depths or more than 30 km offshore
• Tiger prawn hatchery is small concrete tanks (4-5 tons)
• Nursing in concrete tanks yield poor survival due to cannibalistic behavior at high stocking densities.
• Tiger prawns are usually grown in net pens or small enclosure, or earthen compartment within grow-out ponds.
• Three on-growing culture practices for tiger prawn - EXTENSIVE, INTENSIVE AND SEMI-INTENSIVE
• Due to benthic feeding behavior Penaeus monodon is cultured only in earthen ponds.
• 2% to 30% - Salinities for on-growing culture practices for tiger prawn
• EXTENSIVE - Commonly found in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, and the Philippines, and Vietnam.
• NOT LESS THAN 5 ha - Area for extensive culture practice
• 50g - large size produced in Extensive within 6 months
• 1-5 ha - Area for Semi-intensive
• 5 to 10 - Stocks per sqm for Semi-intensive
• 500-4000kg/ha/yr - yield for semi-intensive
• INTENSIVE - Commonly located in non-tidal areas where ponds can be completely drained and dried before each stocking
• INTENSIVE - Commonly practiced in Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia
• 0.1 - 1.0 ha - Area for Intensive
• 20-60 - Stocks per sqm for intensive
• Shrimp feeds - Feed supply for Tiger prawn
• Harvesting techniques for Tiger prawn - BAMBOO TRAPS, DRAINING THE POND, ARTIFICIAL SLUICE GATES
• WASHED AND ICED - handling and processing for tiger prawn