Cultivo do camarão marinho, Penaeus vannamei na fazenda Santa Tereza, em Tucunduba, Caucaia/CE

Abstract

In the aquaculture sector, shrimp farming has a very important role in the development of technologies, which provides the segment's accelerated growth in several countries.The present work aimed to follow the cultivation activities of the marine shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, at Fazenda Santa Tereza, located in Tucunduba, Caucaia/CE, covering the period from January to February 2019. The farm comprises an intensive production area of 1.9 ha and consists of eighteen nurseries and a nursery which are supplied with water from the collection, by means of a pump, 10 three-phase CV with a flow of 100m³/h, from the weir Feijão. The farm uses the two-phase production system in which, initially, the post larvae are transferred to a 0.1 ha semi-excavated nursery, covered by a geomembrane and later managed for nurseries for fattening of the same dimensions. During the internship period, the main activities performed on the farm were accompanied, such as preparing the nursery tank, acclimatizing the post larvae, populating the nurseries for fattening, feeding management, periodic water fertilization,monitoring and management of water quality parameters, weekly biometrics, application of probiotics, drainage of nurseries and harvest. Based on the results of the harvest, it is possible to conclude that, although the White Spot virus had a direct influence on productivity, there was a good growth of the cultivated shrimp when analyzing the final average weight and the cultivation time of the two harvested nurseries. Finally, the internship enabled the undergraduate student to acquire important new knowledge for academic and professional formation.