Seafood CRC: Towards all female Penaeus monodon populations using androgenic gland manipulations

Funding Activity

Website
https://www.frdc.com.au/project/2009-759

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Australian prawn farmers are under intense competition from cheaper imported prawns. Most of the imported prawns are in the small size segment. Female prawns grow larger then males, therefore the creation of all-female prawn populations will provide a much needed competitive advantage and enable a more profitable farming of P. monodon in Australia.

Objectives:
1. Optimise procedure for neo-male creation using androgenic gland implantations and MT treatments.
2. Cross neomales with females to establish viability and fertility of WW prawns
3. Grow WW P. monodon females on farm and research provider facilities to reach sexual maturity.
4. To cross WW P. monodon females with wild males (both on farm and at the research provider facility) and obtain viable all female offspring.
5. To assess the reproductive performance of WW females compared to normal WZ females
6. Assess production performance of all-female offspring compared with mixed population (on farm).

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 20-03-2010

End Date: 30-07-2012

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $30,033.00

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Research Topics

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Other Keywords

Aquaculture | Biology | Life History | Physiology | Population Dynamics | Reproduction

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