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Crustaceans are arthropods in the class Crustacea, having a hard shell and jointed limbs, most being aquatic. They include lobsters, crabs, crayfish, prawns and shrimps. This category is for sites concerned with the science or culture of crustaceans.

Resources in This Category

• Crustacean Fisheries and Shrimp Aquaculture

  http://www.cefas.co.uk/publications/marketing/crustaceans.pdf
  CEFAS is a scientific research and consultancy centre providing services to aquaculturalists on infection and disease control in crustaceans.

• Eriocheir sinensis: Chinese Crab

  http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Eriocheir_sinensis/en
  Information from the FAO on this species, mostly cultivated in China, its biology, habitat, the production cycle, production systems, diseases and their control, production statistics, markets and trade.

• Fish Pump for Harvesting Shrimp

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA123
  Information on using a mechanical pump for harvesting and transferring shrimp between tanks and ponds.

• Freshwater Prawn Farm

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_prawn_farm
  Information from Wikipedia on this aquaculture business, designed to produce prawns and shrimps for human consumption, including the species used and the technology involved.

• Macrobrachium rosenbergii: Giant River Prawn

  http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Macrobrachium_rosenbergii/en
  Information from the FAO on this freshwater species, its biology, habitat, the production cycle, production systems, diseases and their control, production statistics, markets and trade.

• Marindro's Blog

  http://marindro.blogspot.com/
  Provides a discussion forum and information on shrimp and prawn culture in Indonesia.

• Penaeus monodon: Giant Tiger Prawn

  http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Penaeus_monodon/en
  Information from the FAO on this species, its biology, habitat, the production cycle, production systems, diseases and their control, production statistics, markets and trade.

• Penaeus vannamei: Whiteleg Shrimp

  http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Litopenaeus_vannamei/en
  Information from the FAO on the cultivation of this shrimp, its biology, habitat, the production cycle, production systems, diseases and control measures, production statistics, markets and trade.

• Shrimp Farm

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_farm
  Information from Wikipedia on this form of aquaculture where marine shrimps or prawns are reared for human consumption in a controlled environment.

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