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Bibliography on the Mud Crab Culture and Trade in the Bay of Bengal Region – BOBP/INF/13

Year of publication 1992

Pages p.30

Author Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This bibliography was prepared by the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) for the seminar on Mud Crab Culture and Trade in the Bay of Bengal region, which was held November 5-8, 1991 in Surat Thani, Thailand. The bibliography has been compiled from many sources, including the SEAFDEC Mud Crab Bibliography, Natural Resources Institute (NRI), U.K. database search and other relevant literature on mud crab. It deals with the biology, culture, resources, exploitation and management, diseases and parasites , marketing, preservation, processing, handling and effects of pollution on mud crab Scylla spp. The bibliography may help serve as a source of information for mud crab fattening and culture entrepreneurs, traders, researchers and officials concerned with the above topics.

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