by Anand Tunsutapanich
National Freshwater Prawn Research And Training Centre
Inland Fisheries Division, Department of Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture And Cooperatives
Thailand (FAO/UNDP/THA/75/008) Bangpakong, Chacheongsao
Thailand
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Techniques for culturing aquatic animals in freshwater, brackishwater and salt water have been improving rapidly. The feed for aquatic animals such as fish, shrimp, crab, etc. during their larval stages is therefore of vital importance. Up to now, the feeds used are planktonic plants and animals, e.g., diatoms, rotifiers, copepods, etc. which are reared in the hatchery or collected from natural breeding grounds. These practices are greatly handicapped by difficulties in obtaining sufficient quantities of ...

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