Black tiger prawns at stud
Published: September 1, 2008
Source : ABC Rural Australia
In a world first, CSIRO scientists have breed black tiger prawns in captivity, allowing them to develop a program for farmers which will selectively target the largest and tastiest prawns.
Production is expected to double as a result, and Dr Nigel Preston says they'll trial the program on a number of Queensland prawn farms.
"(We'll be) looking at the phenotype, that's what you can see in the paddock or in the pond, so that the farmers will be selecting the biggest, the brightest, the best growing," he says.
"What we're using is the genotyping technology to make sure that in doing that, we also have a reasonable spread of genetic diversity.
"Yes, we need to see that they grow and they look good and they taste good, but we're just using some genetics to underpin the efficiencies with which we do all that."
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