For centuries, Portunid (swimming) crabs have constituted an important secondary crop in the traditional intertidal fishponds of Asia. The most commonly cultivated crab is Scylla serrata, which is distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific from eastern South Africa to Hawaii and from northern...
Lipids and in particular polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are important for a number of physiological functions in animals. PUFA are also major components of cellular membranes. Many marine animals cannot synthesise "essential" PUFA de novo and therefore serious deficiency signs such...
This is a report on the second stage of a two part program investigating hatchery production, farming and seeding of the commercial scallop, Pecten fumatus. A total of more than four million scallop spat were produced for farming trials and over 250 000 scallops ranging in size from 20-60 mm were...