Prawn and shrimp production utilizing recently-developed brackishwater fishpond culture techniques performs better in terms of profitabilities per unit area compared with rice and corn production. This was one of the more important findings of a study team of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) which conducted an in-depth study recently of the economics of the different prawn and shrimps brackishwater pond culture systems.

Study cites ways to make prawn, shrimp culture more profitable. (1985, December 11). Bulletin Today, p. 22.