Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences									        			
									        				2007, Vol 7, Num, 1									        				      (Pages: 7-11) 
									        			
									        	
			
			
			
													
			        							
									        			
			
												
										    	
											        			 
											        						
											        								Pond Culture of Penaeus semisulcatus and Marsupenaeus japonicus Decapoda, Penaeidae) on the West coast of Turkey 
											        						
											        			
											        			 
												        				
													        					Gürel Türkmen 1 												        			    
 
											        			
											        			 
											        					
											        					1 Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Aquaculture, 35100, Bornova-İzmir, Turkey 
											        			
											        		
		
											        														        			
											        														        					
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											        				Postlarvae of Penaeus semisulcatus and Marsupenaeus japonicus were grown for 150 days at a stocking density of 15
shrimps/m2 on the west coast of Turkey. At the end of the culture period, P. semisulcatus and M. japonicus reached to mean
weights of 16.46 g and 7.05 g, respectively. Final yield and survival for P. semisulcatus were 1950 kg/ha and 79%, while
these figures for M. japonicus were 655 kg/ha and 62%. The FCR was 2.42 for P. semisulcatus and 3.50 for M. japonicus.
The result indicated that P. semisulcatus had better growth performance, final yields and survival rates. 
											        			
											        			
		
											        			
											        			Keywords : 
											        				Penaeus semisulcatus, Marsupenaeus japonicus, grow-out, inland water, fauna, Aegean Sea, Turkey