Later, broodstocks from Hawaii and SE Asia were
introduced into many regionswhere M. rosenbergii was not indigenous,
including North and South America, Africa, Europe and parts of Asia to
initiate culture industries (New, 2000a). Freshwater prawns are suitable
candidates for inclusion in polyculture systems, and in integrated
aquaculture–agriculture. The relatively long larval rearing period
(18–35 days) and low larval survival rates are however disadvantages
to commercial culture of this species (Maclean and Brown 1991).