PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS ON MONOCULTURE OF CHANOS CHANOS (FORSKAL) AND ITS POLYCULTURE WITH PENAEUS MONODON FABRICIUS


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Authors

  • P Nammalwar Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin
  • M Kathirvel Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

Abstract

Preliminary experiments on monoculture of milk fish, Chanos chanos and its polyculture with tiger
prawn, Penaeus monodon were carried out in the grow-out pond system at Mariculture farm, Muttukadu
near Madras. During the six-month rearing, C. chanos attained an average size of 234.6 mm (76.9 g) in
the monoculture trial and 159.8 to 231.8 mm (39.0 to 90.9 g) in the polyculture experiments. In the case
of tiger prawn, the growth was poor and the sizes recorded at harvest were 119.4 to 135.1 mm (12.8 to 17.8 g).
The rate of recovery ranged from 8.4 to 87.0% for fish and 20.6 to 35.3 % for prawn. The reasons for
poor growth and survival of fish and prawn in relation to environmental and other factors are discussed.

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Author Biographies

  • P Nammalwar, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin
  • M Kathirvel, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

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Vol. 35 No. 3 (1988)

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How to Cite

Nammalwar, P., & Kathirvel, M. (2011). PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS ON MONOCULTURE OF CHANOS CHANOS (FORSKAL) AND ITS POLYCULTURE WITH PENAEUS MONODON FABRICIUS. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 35(3), 197-204. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/10697