Conservation and aquaculture of native freshwater prawns: the case of the cauque river prawn Macrobrachium americanum (Bate, 1868)
Latin America has a high diversity of Macrobr achium prawns, some of them with commercial interest. Among them, the cauque river prawn Macrobrachium americanum is a large prawn of the western coast with commercial value due to its size and taste, but it has been extensively subjected to fishery expl...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad de Guadalajara |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UDG |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:175042668002 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=175042668002 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias de la Tierra production management river prawn aquaculture Macrobrachium americanum |
| Sumario: | Latin America has a high diversity of Macrobr achium prawns, some of them with commercial interest. Among them, the cauque river prawn Macrobrachium americanum is a large prawn of the western coast with commercial value due to its size and taste, but it has been extensively subjected to fishery exploi tation, leading to population decline. Cultivation is an option for commercial production and conservation. Some research focused on domestication has been performed. Here, we revise the status of that research and discuss possibilities for sustainable fre shwater prawn aquaculture in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America. |
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