Nursery System- An emerging concept to mitigate risk in shrimp culture

 Nursery systems are receiving increased importance in shrimp culture in India. In this article our experts highlight how profitable shrimp culture can be carried out with the help of nursery and how it can lessen the burden on both culture and ecosystem, besides lowering the risks of outbreaks and losses.

Nursery system existing in India but was not in much focus till 2016 and since then attention has been given to it. In the nursery phase, it is possible to manage higher stocking densities and increase the number of crops per year in shrimp farms

The nursery phase for shrimp production was first introduced in 1974 (Parker et al., 1974)

Although, in the 1990s most farmers had reverted to direct stocking, at present again with L.vannamei boom and multiple emerging and new disease threats the use of nurseries is on the rise.

Because a nursery phase can intersect the disease transmission and contributes to the rapid growth of the cultured organisms.

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