An Giang successfully produces giant freshwater shrimp

After nearly a month of putting into production the breeding of giant freshwater prawns according to Israeli new technology, An Giang Aquatic Breeding Center successfully produced the first 240,000 breeding females of all males.

These seeds were delivered to 2 households: Mr. Nguyen Trung Tiep and Le Duy Tan had long-term experience in Binh Thanh Trung commune (Chau Phu district).

Trial production of all male female giant freshwater prawn was carried out from 400 'female female shrimp' (the same female shrimp with the male genotype), matured and healthy from the research of University of Ben Gurion University of the Neveg, by non-surgical method (no hormonal use, no antibiotics, no genetic modification methods .) by An Giang Aquatic Breeding Center in collaboration with Limited Liability Company Green Step-Trade-Production Service in Ho Chi Minh City (Green Advance Co., LTD) and Tiran Group, Israel.

Breeding giant freshwater shrimp

The research results have given the breed with many advantages such as uniform size, 3-5 cm length in accordance with the shrimp seed standards; shrimp body is bright blue; not deformed and overcome many disadvantages of previously produced shrimp seed.

Giant freshwater prawn is adopted animal with high economic value, white meat, firm, fragrant, high nutrition. An Giang as well as the Mekong River Delta region has great potential for raising freshwater freshwater prawn with many farming models on the fields of foot, pond culture, rice + shrimp crop rotation .

In particular, An Giang province has strongly developed aquaculture as the main export animal of the province after rice, in which the giant freshwater shrimp increasingly expands the export market but currently does not meet the demand by breeds produced locally are unstable, carry many epidemics, low rate of postage is not enough to provide for the demand of farming, besides households that maintain farming use floating seed of unknown origin Origin should be low effective, raising giant freshwater prawn in An Giang province as well as in the Mekong Delta has been increasingly narrowing the area.

Therefore, the successful production model of all male blue-legged prawn with new technology of Israel will open well for fishermen with enthusiasm for blue-legged prawns and restore farming, increasing production for the domestic market. and export, enriching farmers.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Trinh, director of An Giang Aquaculture Center said that in 2013, the Center will produce 25 million seeds of all-male blue-legged prawns. Currently the seed price is 360 VND / animal but will change the selling price depending on the time.