Open AccessMATURATION OF Penaeus stylirostris (Stempson) AND P. setiferus (Linn.) IN HYPERSALINE WATER NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 1
Author(s) -
Conte F. S.,
Duronslet M. J.,
Clark W. H.,
Parker J. C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual meeting ‐ world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0164-0399
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1977.tb00128.x
Subject(s) - shrimp , penaeus , biology , fishery , crustacean , zoology , decapoda
In order to test the feasibility of producing a breeding stock of nonindigenous penaeid shrimp in closed pond systems tests were performed using second season animals previously overwintered in a heated raceway. The shrimp, originally stocked as postlarvae, were reared to 150.0 mm in length and 30.0 g in weight. The shrimp were then harvested, overwintered, then returned to a 0.1 ha pond in Corpus Christi, Texas. In their second season the shrimp grew to 190.0 mm and 52.0 g and exhibited signs of sexual maturity. Sampling of the pond produced mated females that were removed from the pond and spawned in the laboratory.