Covering general biology and every aspect of farming freshwater prawns, from current research to development and commercial practice, this has become widely viewed as a landmark publication in the field. The well-known team of editors, New, Valenti, Tidwell, D’Abramo and Kutty, have gathered cutting-edge contributions from the world's leading experts to provide farm personnel, business managers, researchers and invertebrate, freshwater and crustacean biologists with an essential resource.

EDITORS
Michael Bernard New, OBE is Chairman of Aquaculture without Frontiers and was previously President of the European Aquaculture Society (2002 - 2004) and President of the World Aquaculture Society (1997 - 1998).

Wagner Cotroni Valenti is Professor at the Aquaculture Center, São Paulo State University, Brazil

James Tidwell, Aquaculture Research Center, Kentucky State University, Kentucky, USA

Louis R. D'Abramo, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University, USA

Methil Narayanan Kutty is a Former FAO/UN Expert and Former Dean and Professor of Fisheries, Tamil Nadu University, India