Acompanhamento da produção de camarão da espécie Penaeus vannamei na fazenda Monólitos LTDA em Banabuiú-CE

Abstract

Shrimp farming in the state of Ceará has shown to be very productive and with satisfactory economic results during the last years. The objective of this work is to describe the production cycle in the intensive regime of P. vannamei shrimp at the Monólitos LTDA farm, located in the municipality of Banabuiú-CE during the period from January to February 2018. In this work the characteristics of the place where the supervised stage was carried out, stages of cultivation, management of water used on the farm and activities carried out on a daily basis. The water supplying the water needs of the farm is captured through wells that supply the farm supply channel which, in turn, supplies the nurseries by gravity. The farm has 17 nurseries of 1 ha each with a density of 70 shrimp per square meter using a single-phase cultivation system. During the stage was accompanied, the drainage of the nurseries, oxidation of organic matter by exposure to the sun, soil liming, water supply, fertilization, settlement, food treatments during cultivation, monitoring of nursery water parameters, mechanical ventilation, biometrics, application of probiotics and expense. It is concluded, at the end of the cycle, that the crop is satisfactory both in the zootechnical performance and in the economic performance.