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“M/S Sonamukh Hatchery is a trusted and reputed Tiger shrimp hatchery located in Dumuria, Khulna, Bangladesh. We produce healthy, high-quality Tiger shrimp post-larvae (PL) with high expertise. The shrimp farming projects built upon our produced PL meet local demands and are exported to various countries around the world, making it appreciated as one of the favorite foods among food lovers globally.”
Key Components of a Shrimp Hatchery
- Site Selection: Requires clean, silt-free seawater (salinity 30–36 ppt), reliable power with standby generators, freshwater access, and proximity to broodstock or transport routes.
- Core Facilities:
- Maturation & Spawning: Tanks where adult broodstock are conditioned and induced to spawn (often utilizing eyestalk ablation).
- Larval Rearing Tanks: Indoor concrete, fiberglass, or circular tanks for early life stages.
- Live Food Culture: Production areas for microalgae (Chaetoceros, Skeletonema), rotifers, and brine shrimp (Artemia).
- Water Treatment: Sand filters, sedimentation basins, and aeration systems (like roots blowers) to maintain water quality.
- Hatchery Scale:
- Small: Produces 1–5 million fry per year.
- Medium: Produces 10–20 million fry per year.
- Large: Produces over 20 million fry per year run by commercial corporations.
- Operational Stages: Spawning and egg collection → Nauplii hatching (12–18 hours) → Larval stages (Zoea, Mysis) fed live phytoplankton and zooplankton → Post-larvae (PL) nursery and harvest around PL15–PL25.
Read the full manual via the FAO Shrimp Hatchery Guide.
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