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Crayfish are opportunistic omnivorous scavengers, with the ability to filter and process mud. [9] In aquaculture ponds using isotope analysis they were shown to build body tissue selectively from the animal protein portion of pelleted food and not the other components of the pellet. [10]
The global annual production of freshwater prawns (excluding crayfish and crabs) in 2007 was about 460,000 tonnes, exceeding 1.86 billion dollars. [47] Additionally, China produced about 370,000 tonnes of Chinese river crab. [48] In addition astaciculture is the freshwater farming of crayfish (mostly in the US, Australia, and Europe). [49]
Cambarus cryptodytes, the Dougherty Plain cave crayfish or Apalachicola cave crayfish, is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida and Georgia in the United States. It is an underground species known only from waters associated with the Floridan aquifer .
The crayfish are dropped head first one at a time in the rolling boiling water. The water cools down quickly with the added crayfish so it is necessary to wait for it to return to a rolling boil lest the crayfish suffer. The crayfish are then cooled down and are left to sit in the brine to allow the flavours to infuse into the crayfish.
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The Everglades crayfish [2] (Procambarus alleni), sometimes called the Florida crayfish, the blue crayfish, the electric blue crayfish, or the sapphire crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida in the United States.
Astacus astacus, the European crayfish, noble crayfish, or broad-fingered crayfish, is the most common species of crayfish in Europe, and a traditional food source. Like other true crayfish, A. astacus is restricted to fresh water , living only in unpolluted streams, rivers, and lakes.
A farmer constructing a shrimp farm in Pekalongan, Indonesia. A freshwater prawn farm is an aquaculture business designed to raise and produce freshwater prawns or shrimp 1 for human consumption. Freshwater prawn farming shares many characteristics with, and many of the same problems as, marine shrimp farming.