One of the most important global food sources is seafood, and in particular saltwater seafood. However, while demand is increasing, the supplies of wild caught sources are depleted and there is now an increased need to source seafood species, such as prawns from farmed stocks. Aquaculture has become...

Australian prawn aquaculture production is based predominantly on P. monodon farming, with larger sized prawns attract premium prices in the local market. Females grow significantly larger than males, and hence, a technology to develop all-female monosex populations would offer competitive advantage...

Seafarm, at Cardwell, for most of the last 20 years, has been Australia’s largest prawn farm and the major producer of Banana Prawns. This producer wanted to understand and resolve the suspected inbreeding/ loss of diversity issues, and if necessary, redesign their breeding program to ensure it...