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TI Grow-out of sandfish Holothuria scabra in ponds shows that co-culture with shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris is not viable
BT 
AF BELL, J
   AGUDO, N
   PURCELL, S
   BLAZER, P
   SIMUTOGA, M
   PHAM, Dominique
   DELLA PATRONA, Luc
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C1 WorldFish Ctr, C Secretariat Pacific Community, Noumea 98848, New Caledonia.
   IFREMER, Noumea, New Caledonia.
C2 WORLDFISH CTR, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI SAINT VINCENT
SE PDG-DOP-DCOP-AQNC
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
IF 1.735
TC 32
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3590.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Shrimp;Sea cucumbers;Sandfish;Pond culture;Predation;Co culture
AB We examined the potential for producing the large numbers of sandfish (Holothuria scabra) needed for restocking programmes by co-culturing juveniles with the shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris in earthen ponds. Our experiments in hapas within shrimp ponds were designed to detect any deleterious effects of sandfish on shrimp, and vice versa. These experiments showed that a high stocking density of juvenile sandfish had no significant effects on growth and survival of shrimp. However, survival and growth of sandfish reared with shrimp for 3 weeks were significantly lower than for sandfish reared alone. Increased stocking density of shrimp also had a significant negative effect on survival and/or growth of sandfish. A grow-out trial of juvenile sandfish in 0.2-ha earthen ponds stocked with 20 shrimp post-larvae m(-2), and densities of sandfish between 0.8 and 1.6 individuals m(-2), confirmed that co-culture is not viable. All sandfish reared in co-culture were dead or moribund after a month. However, sandfish stocked alone into 0.2-ha earthen ponds survived well and grew to mean weights of similar to 400 g within 12 months without addition of food. The grow-out trial demonstrated that there is potential for profitable pond farming of sandfish in monoculture. Further research is now needed to identify the optimal size of juveniles, stocking densities and pond management regimes. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY 2007
PD DEC
SO Aquaculture
SN 0044-8486
PU Elsevier
VL 273
IS 4
UT 000252299300016
BP 509
EP 519
DI 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.07.015
ID 3590
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