Site selection and design of prawn hatcheries along the coastline of India
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The report covers a one-month mission for the UNDP/FAO Coastal Aquaculture Development Project to undertake site selection and make initial designs. for prawn hatcheries in India. It includes an overview of prawn capture and culture in India, objectives of the Project, summary of activities and observations of the four hatchery sites surveyed. It then gives general recommendations on hatchery production levels and future expansion, species to be reared, spawner and broodstock sources in relation to traditional fishing methods and seawater tests to be undertaken during dry and rainy seasons before final site selection. Details of hatchery layout and tank design based on underlying assumptions, and stocking, survival and water management are discussed in the text and outlined in various tables, figures and appendices. Specific recommendations and a proposed Work Plan are also included.