Training Manual
Shrimp Hatchery Design, Operation and Management
Shrimp Hatchery Design, Operation and Management
| NACA/TR/85/12 | September 1985 |
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Training Manual Shrimp Hatchery Design, Operation and Management |
by
P.Kungvankij1, L.B. Tiro, Jr.,2 B.J. Pudadera, Jr.,2
I.O. Potestas2, K.G. Corre2, E. Borlongan2, G.A. Talean2,
L.F. Bustilo2, E.T. Tech2, A. Unggui2, T.E. Chua1
Regional Lead Centre in the Philippines
Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
1 Food and Agriculture Orginations of the United Nations
2 Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
NETWORK OF AQUACULTURE CENTRES IN ASIA
Bangkok, Thailand
September 1985
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2. Selecting suitable sites for a hatchery
2.1 Criteria in the selection of a suitable site for hatchery
3. Hatchery design and construction
Small-scale hatchery
Medium-scale hatchery
Large-scale hatchery
Maturation tank
Spawning tank
Larval rearing tank
Nursery tank
Live food culture tank
Water storage and filtration tank
Aeration
Seawater supply and piping system
4.1 Wandering type
4.2 Borrowing group
5. Preparation of Broodstock for spawning
5.1 Conditioning of broodstock
5.2 Induced Maturation
5.3 Maintenance of broodstock in maturation tanks
5.4 Sampling
6.1 Preparation of larval feed
Phytoplankton culture
Rotifer culture
Brine shrimp as larval feed
Preparation of processed fresh tissue of
acetes, clams and mussels
Preparation of dry acetes diet
Preparation of egg custard
7. Preparation of facilities for spawning, hatching and larval rearing
7.1 Tank facilities
7.2 Water quality and supply
7.3 Aeration
7.4 Filter box
8. Selection of spawners and egg collection
8.1 Procurement and transportation of spawner
8.2 Treatment of spawner
8.3 Spawning activity
8.4 Egg collection and treatment
9. Hatching and transportation of Nauplii
9.1 Determination of hatching rate
9.2 Transportation of Nauplii
10.1 Larval rearing in small indoor tanks
10.2 Lartval rearing in large nursery tanks
11. Routine hatchery management
11.1 Maintenance of water quality
11.2 Feed and feeding schemes
11.3 Monitoring
12.1 Concrete tank
12.2 Earthen pond
12.3 Nursery cages
13. Harvest and transportation of larvae
Figure 1. Cross-sectional of 12 tons ferrocement broodstock tank
Figure 2. 250-liter fiberglass spawning tank
Figure 3. Cross-sectional detail of 2.5 tons ferrocement larval rearing tank
Figure 4. Detail of lay-out, cross-sectional of 40 tons concrete nursery tank
Figure 5. l-ton fiberglass tank utilized for algae culture
Figure 6. Typical gravity and filter system
Figure 7. Water storage and filtration tank
Figure 9. Direct seawater intake
Figure 10. Seawater intake through sumpit
Figure 11. Centrifugal marine pump
Figure 12. Lay-out of medium scale hatchery
Figure 13. Lay-out of small-scale hatchery
Figure 14. Migratory pattern of wandering species of shrimp
Figure 15. Migratory pattern of burrowing species of shrimp
Figure 18A. & 18B. Mysis and Post-larval stages
Figure 19A. Shrimp with complete appendages
Figure 19B. Thelycum and spermatophore
Figure 21. Flow chart for batch culture of phytoplankton
Figure 22. Flow-chart of Rotifer culture
Figure 23. Flow Diagram of rotifer culture
Figure 24. Harvesting of Artemia
Figure 25. Filter box for draining in big tank
Figure 26. Filter box for small tank
Figure 27. Mature gonad of spawning
Figure 28B. Cleaning of eggs by changing water
Figure 29. Cleaning of spawning tank
Figure 30. Harvesting of nauplii and tansport containers
Figure 31. Schematic diagram of prawn production from hatchery to grow-out ponds
Figure 32A. Programming of natural food culture for hatchery
Figure 32B. Feed and feeding scheme for shrimp larvae.
Figure 35. Steps invlove in harvesting of larvae
Table 1. Criteria for classification of shrimp hatcheries
Table 2. Performance data of roots blower
Table 3. Relation between pump diameter and standard efficiencies
Table 4. Transmission Efficiency
Table 5. Coefficient of Allowance
Table 6. Comparison of the egg development of three species of shrimp
Table 7. Comparison of the chronological development of three species of shrimp
Table 8. Ages and average body length of P. monodon larvae
Table 9. Hatching characterestics of commercially available Artemia