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Indian white prawn - Growth

Shrimp moult roughly every 21 d, so show a discontinuous growth pattern (Mishra, Verdegem and van Dam, 2002; Franco, Ferreira and Nobre, 2006). The duration of the moult cycle is temperature dependent (Emmerson, 1980b). Commercial growout to 20 g takes between 120 and 150 d at 28 oC (Figure 15).

G3, G4: 1 ha growout ponds, Amatikulu Prawns, South Africa;
I5: 2 ha growout pond, Amatikulu Prawns, South Africa;
SD2, SD12: Semi-intensive growout ponds

 

Growout production results for Penaeus indicus based on above chart:

Figure 15. Penaeus indicus growth curves (courtesy of Laurence Evans).