Aspects of the biology and culture of the sea cucumber
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| Keywords |
Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833 [WoRMS]; Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka, 1867) [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
This chapter discusses the biological aspects for culture of sea cucumber. Sea cucumber ranching or stock enhancement is more popular than the practice of growing eggs and juveniles to a marketable size in enclosed bays, or in similar circumstances. In order to achieve success in ranching and stock enhancement by releasing seed, it is necessary to consider four basic problems: seed releasing and genetic resource management, carrying capacity of the sea area into which they are to be released, influence on the ecosystem and the natural biota and prevention of disease by mass release of carrier seeds. The most commonly produced sea cucumber species at present are the temperate sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus Selenka and the tropical sea cucumber Holothuria scabra Jaeger. The seed production technique for S. japonicus has been established in Japan and the number of seeds that have been artificially produced has increased remarkably. H. scabra has also been mass cultured in India, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands |
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