Integrated disease control programs for prawn farms in Indonesia and Australia: A pilot study

• Directorate General of Fisheries, Indonesia
• Central Research Institute for Fisheries, Indonesia
• University of Western Sydney, Australia

Disease outbreaks have caused catastrophic losses in farmed marine prawns throughout the Asia-Pacific region. There is an urgent need to develop and implement a cost-effective package of integrated disease control and prevention for the industry. This small project will draw on the work of earlier ACIAR projects to implement and evaluate a disease control program in the semi-intensive farming system of Penaeus monodon prawns. The trials will take place at a government-operated enterprise in Indonesia and a privately-owned one in Australia. There are different diseases in the two places, as well as different conditions likely to effect the outcome. The end result will be the creation of a decision support system to help farmers manage their production to minimise disease risks.