The creation of all-male or all-female groups of animals, known as monosex populations, has become a potentially useful approach in aquaculture and livestock rearing. Researchers and those in the ...

Years of losses, mounting debt and declining yields pushed many Satkhira shrimp farmers to the brink. Now, some are turning to SPF all-male prawns and chemical-free farming methods in search of a come ...

Freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), also known as the giant river prawn and giant tiger prawn, is a close relative to marine shrimp. They are one of over 950 species in the Palaemonidae ...

New research provides a roadmap for how entrepreneurs can harness freshwater prawns' voracious appetite for snails to reduce the transmission of schistosomiasis-causing parasites while still making a ...

Before bite-sized crustaceans like crayfish, shrimp and prawns land on our dinner plates, they first have to get fat themselves -- and it turns out they relish the freshwater snails that transmit the ...

Visakhapatnam: With the annual deep-sea fishing ban in force to protect breeding marine life, prices of freshwater fish, prawns, and even some less-popular seafood have surged by 30–40% across the ...