The Centre Océanologique du Pacifique (COP), a branch of the Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Oceans (CNEXO) already described in other chapters of this handbook. has been working since 1973 on the culture of penaeid shrimp. This chapter describes the larval rearing technique perfected at the COP and used for seven years on 3 species: P. aztecus, P. japonicus. M. ensis. P. merguiensis, P. indicus, P. monodon, P. vannamei and P. Stylirostris. [NOT CONTROLLED OCR]