Project number: 2010-726
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Abigail Elizur
Organisation: University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Project start/end date: 28 Jun 2010 - 29 Jun 2011
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Prawns exhibit sexually dimorphic growth patterns. Female prawns are typically 20 to 30% larger than male prawns at harvest and thus can be either harvested earlier or grown to a larger size. Moreover, large size prawns attract premium prices in the market. For the two most important cultured penaeids, P.monodon and L. vannamei, divergence in sex-specific growth rates occurs between 13 and 28 g and between 13 and 18 g, respectively [1, 2, 3 & 4]. Growth superiority of female shrimp provides researchers and farmers with an incentive to investigate the potential for producing and culturing all-female populations which offer a [5]. This will give Australian farmers a competitive edge in an increasingly competitive international market.

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-088
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

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ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)