Agricultural and Biological Sciences
5 years ago

Organic fertilizer boosts prawn production, revolutionizing aquaculture sustainability.

Aquaculture Research
The effect of organic fertilizer and formulated feed in pond culture of the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man): prawn production
M.H. MacLean, K. J. Ang, Janet Brown, K. Jauncey

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The researchers studied how using organic fertilizer instead of formulated feed affects the growth of freshwater prawns in ponds. They tested different combinations of feed and manure and found that prawns grew best when given less feed and more manure. This led to the highest prawn weight and growth rate. The prawns raised with this method also had the highest survival rate. Overall, using less feed and more manure resulted in the highest prawn production in the study.