Conservation and aquaculture of native freshwater prawns: The case of the cauque river prawn Macrobrachium americanum (Bate, 1868)

Marcelo García-Guerrero; Rodolfo De Los Santos Romero; Fernando Vega-Villasante; Edilmar Cortes-Jacinto

doi:10.3856/vol43-issue5-fulltext-2

Conservation and aquaculture of native freshwater prawns: The case of the cauque river prawn Macrobrachium americanum (Bate, 1868)

Translated title of the contribution: Conservation and aquaculture of native freshwater prawns: The case of the cauque river prawn Macrobrachium americanum (Bate, 1868)

Marcelo García-Guerrero, Rodolfo De Los Santos Romero, Fernando Vega-Villasante, Edilmar Cortes-Jacinto

Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR),Unidad Oaxaca

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Abstract

Latin America has a high diversity of Macrobrachium prawns, some of them with commercial interest. Among them, the cauque river prawn Macrobrachium americanum is a large prawn of the western coast with commercial value due to its size and taste, but it has been extensively subjected to fishery exploitation, leading to population decline. Cultivation is an option for commercial production and conservation. Some research focused on domestication has been performed. Here, we revise the status of that research and discuss possibilities for sustainable freshwater prawn aquaculture in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America.

Translated title of the contribution	Conservation and aquaculture of native freshwater prawns: The case of the cauque river prawn Macrobrachium americanum (Bate, 1868)
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	819-827
Number of pages	9
Journal	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
Volume	43
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3856/vol43-issue5-fulltext-2
State	Published - Nov 2015

Keywords

Aquaculture
Macrobrachium americanum
Management
Production
River prawn

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