Port Curtis in central Queensland, Australia, is a large subtropical embayment with very extensive intertidal and shallow subtidal mudflats. Many economically important fish and crustacean species occur over mudflats lacking conspicuous vegetation. The autotrophic source(s) supporting food webs leading to animal production on the mudflats might be either in situ microalgae or material transport...

The effect of delayed icing on the quality of banana shrimp (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) was investigated by determining sensory, physicochemical (pH, TVB-N and WHC), microbial (TMC, total mesophilic counts and TPC, total psychrophilic counts) and microstructure aspects over 20 days during ice storage. The fresh shrimp stored in the immediately iced after caught (lot I) were organoleptically ac...

Salah satu tahapan pengolahan udang adalah pemotongan kepala (deheading) yang berfungsi menghilangkan bagian cephalothorax. Cara potong akan mempengaruhi rendemen head less dihasilkan, Selain bentuk ada produk kupas Peeled Tail On (PTO) yaitu masih disisakan batang ekor dan uropod (ekor kipas)nya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui Head Less (HL) diperoleh bahan baku (HO) berbagai spec...

A major decline in the catch of the banana prawn [shrimp], Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) merguiensis, occurred over a six-year period in the Weipa region of the northeastern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Three main hypotheses have been developed to explain this decline: (1) prawn recruitment collapsed due to overfishing; (2) recruitment collapsed due to a change in the prawn's environment; and (3)...

A highly sensitive and specific TaqMan real-time PCR was used to quantify hepatopancreatic parvovirus (HPV) type III infections in wild broodstocks and hatchery-reared postlarvae (PL) of Fenneropenaeus chinensis. Totals of 159 and 162 wild brooders from three locations were captured, and 140 and 180 PL were obtained from seven and six commercial hatcheries in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Among ...