Pinrang Regency has 15,675 hectares of pond which is predominantly shrimp pond. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) in collaboration with Pinrang Government continues to encourage shrimp cultivation through the application of sustainable aquaculture management principles, including...

Cultivation of mangrove crabs for fattening can be carried out in mangrove area or known as a silvofishery system. This study aimed to determine the best types of feed for mangrove crab (Scylla olivacea) fattening which cultivated in the mangrove area. The research was conducted in the mangrove...

The failure of tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) farming could make farmers stop their cultivation activities. As an alternative, vannamei shrimp cultivation gives hope for productive, profitable, and sustainable cultivation. The development of shrimp farming in Tegal City is carried out through...

This article discusses freshwater, paddyfield, brackish water and marine water aquaculture production in Indonesia with a particular focus on shrimp farming. Aquaculture production in Indonesia reached 2.16 million mt in 2005. The total volume of aquaculture production has been increasing by about ...

The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence and intensity of ectoparasites which infest mud crab (Scylla serrata) and white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). The prevalence of ectoparasite infestation in mud crab was 92.5% with an intensity of 801.18 per sample while the infestation in white ...

Utilization of mud crab resources through crab farming is basically carried out based on collection of crabs from the wild. However, the average growth of mud crab production in several main mud crab-producing areas tends to decline. The purpose of this study was to identify the morphological...

Aquaculture plays a key role in Indonesian seafood production and food security. The most valuable species in Indonesian aquaculture is shrimp, which has been widely farmed since the early 1980s. Beginning in the 1990s, recurrent farm failures and increasing production losses caused by disease...

One of the biota associated strongly to the presence of mangrove forests as their habitat is the mangrove crab, Scylla serrata. Mangrove crab farming done in coastal areas the village of Ujung Alang, Cilacap was aimed to enlargement of the size of the juvenile (60 g/ind.) to the commercial size...

Marine resources play an important role for the economy of Indonesia and the country is among the major aquaculture producers worldwide. This article presents the applicable conclusions of a study conducted in three communities in Sekotong, Lombok, which practice semi-intensive methods of...