Spiny Lobster Aquaculture Research On Slow-Growing Species To Improve Industry In Vietnam, Other Countries

摘要

Spiny lobsters have a long, complex life cycle. Growing them through larval stages is a particular challenge. Both raising of wild-caught pueruli/juveniles and the propagation of larvae from eggs have been examined. Spiny lobster culture is currentlycentered in Vietnam, where the industry depends on wild-caught animals for stocking and trash fish for feeding. Although forward-looking research is under way in Japan and elsewhere, these practices challenge industry sustainability. As most of the world's wild stock of Panulirus species spiny lobsters are declining, aquaculture is the only option to increase production. There has been interest in spiny lobster aquaculture fur over 100 years, but the first complete larval development was not achieved until 1988, when Jiro Kittaka raised the puerulus stage of Jasus lalandn, the South African rock lobster, through its larval stages in Japan.