SUPER PRAWNS
February 1st, 2002
BY MATTHEW BRACE, in SydneySCIENTISTS in Queensland, Australia, have been experimenting with crustacean blood lines to breed prawne that grow faster and produce the biggest specimens; they can now produce one measuring 30cm in length and weighing more than 450g.That might be a handful even for the biggest Australian barbecue, so most will be harvested young, cutting the time needed to rear a saleable specimen.The project's principal scientist Dr Nigel Preston said his work draws direct comparisons with selective breeding in more common food species such as pigs, ...
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