Open AccessCOMPARISON OF FRESHWATER PRAWN FARMING IN HAWAII AND IN THAILAND: CULTURE PRACTICES AND ECONOMICS
Author(s) -
Shang Yung C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0735-0147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1982.tb00018.x
Subject(s) - prawn , stocking , biology , profitability index , fishery , agriculture , profit (economics) , yield (engineering) , production (economics) , production cost , aquaculture , agricultural science , agricultural economics , economics , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , engineering , finance , materials science , macroeconomics , metallurgy , microeconomics , mechanical engineering
Freshwater prawn Farming in Thailand is relatively extensive, i.e., with low stocking rate and low yield, as compared to Hawaii. However, the cost of production per kg of marketable prawns is comparatively low due to inexpensive inputs. The low costs of production and current high price of prawn in Thailand resulted in a high profit. In Hawaii, despite the high yield, the profitability of prawn Farming is low at the present time because of the high costs of production.