A DESCRIPTION OF INTENSIVE CULTURE SYSTEMS FOR THE AMERICAN LOBSTER (Homarus americanus) AND OTHER CANNIBALISTIC CRUSTACEANS1
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Proceedings of the annual meeting - World Mariculture Society
- Vol. 8 (1-4) , 271-292
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-7345.1977.tb00125.x
Abstract
The high rates of cannibalism which have been documented for H. americanus reared communally dictate that for a majority of the culture period the lobsters should be reared individually, in order to eliminate these losses. Criteria essential to the development of culture systems for the intensive rearing of lobsters and other cannibalistic crustacean species in individual holding compartments are considered. These include the necessity for holding large numbers of individuals in a minimal amount of space, delivery of oxygenated water evenly to each rearing compartment, and removal of wastes. Considerations of space utilization, capital construction costs, and associated components for automatic feeding, maintenance, and harvesting also are discussed.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Effects Of Chemicals In Thermal Effluent On Homarus americanus Maintained In Aquaculture Systems1Proceedings of the annual meeting - World Mariculture Society, 1976
- Hatching and rearing lobster larvae (Homarus americanus) in a disease situationAquaculture, 1976
- Optimal temperature control of a lobster plantIEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 1974
- Gaffkemia in the California spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus: Infection and immunizationAquaculture, 1974
- A Rearing Tank for Lobster Larvae and other Aquatic SpeciesThe Progressive Fish-Culturist, 1974
- An automatic feeding device and the use of live and frozen Artemia for culturing larval stages of the American lobster, Homarus americanusAquaculture, 1974
- A recirculating culture system for larvae of the American lobster, Homarus americanusAquaculture, 1974
- Enhancement of Lobster GrowthScience, 1972