Egyptian journal of aquatic biology and fisheries | 2021
Effect of bioflocs on growth performance and survival of white-leg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei raised in zero-water exchange culture tanks
Abstract
The white-leg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, primarily comes from Asia and the Americas (FAO, 2016). This species dominates shrimp culture in the Western hemisphere (Laramore et al., 2001). but Thailand and China are the top two producers (Cao, 2012). Similar to global aquaculture trends, white-leg shrimp culture production has undergone a great expansion, from just 8,000 tons in 1980 to over three million tons in 2016 (FAO, 2016).