Project number:
1986-009
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$0.00
Organisation:
Sea Hatcheries Ltd
Project start/end date:
27 Jun 2000
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30 Jun 2000
Contact:
FRDC
1. Identify methods by which moult associated cannibalism in mud crabs can be minimised under high stocking densities in the laboratory.
2. Incorporate results of laboratory studies in pond design and management systems in pilot commercial scale farming trials
Final report
Author:
D.S. Fielder
D.L. Mann
M.P. Heasman
Final Report
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2017-09-29
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2.51 MB
1986-009-DLD.pdf
A large demand for crab meat on both Australian and S.E. Asian markets has provided incentive for the development of a mud crab Scylla serrata farming industry in tropical Australia. Cannibalism of newly-moulted, softshelled crabs however constitutes a major constraint to profitable pond farming.
The main aim of the project was to observe moult-related cannibalism of mud crabs and define causitive factors of this phenomenon and then to develop pond design and management techniques which alleviated this problem.
