Farming fresh water PRAWNS (shrimp) in the U.S.A
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- Farming fresh water shrimp on my friends farm, we have three ponds that grow these shrimp (Malaysian Tiger Prawns) wright here at home in the U.S.A, Kentucky to be exact. Today we drain the biggest of the three ponds and harvest the shrimp so follow along as we show you how its done an educate yourself on our farming adventure.
small pond harvesting shrimp video link; • Harvesting Fresh water...
*Did you know Malaysian Prawns are the second most harvested shrimp in the world number 1 being the White Prawn?
Big Thanks to: United States Aquaculture society usaquaculture.org/
and (Kentucky state university) for all the help and education
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Bubba would be very grateful and be talking about it all day long.
Thank you for sharing! I had no idea this was done in Kentucky. That's Awesome!!
Wow, very nice place and a lot of shrimp, thank you for sharing 🎉❤
Fresh water prawn is one of the tastiest prawn in the world. They really popular and cheap in Southeast Asia. I am glad to see we can farm them here in US. I personally think they are better than crawfish. I think weather and temperature in the Florida would be better for the prawns to grow faster, since their weather condition similar to Southeast Asia.
it is weird but local malaysian so into farming the australian crawfish. personally i also think the fresh water prawn taste better.
agree. crawfish has earthy taste and seldom I find ones that are sweet and savory, unlike these giant prawns that have the flavor I'm looking for
@@zack4462 You're right. I'm malaysian, lots of farmers import fish and crawfish to farm locally. I myself find it strange. I farm local fish species.
NO!!! We don't need Florida being infested with more potentially invasive creatures. And because Florida has a lot of brackish water and is in fact surrounded by salt water, they would be able to breed too easily.
Bad idea. VERY bad idea.
NO, keep these shrimp away from Florida. If they escape (and they will escape), it would be the end to lots of native species
if you find a fertilized female with orange eggs: move her into a brackish aquarium tank so that when she releases her eggs the juveniles don’t die. (The larva need brackish water for the first 35-ish days of their lives or else they die)
by brackish i mean that: the salinity needs to be 10-14 PPT (aim for 12) and that’s it.
KT Prawns on youtube has a tank breeding guide.
I bought some breeders and I am going to experiment growing them in Pennsylvania.
on our homestead we have a 4 quarter acre ponds for bluegill, hybrid stripe bass, fathead minnows and pond snails (great supplemental protein and calcium for laying hens).
One of our ponds has an aerator and solar heater so I think it would be ideal to experiment with. can’t wait try to this!
We’re not using the tanks in the barn for talapia any more so we can probably give this a shot we have plenty of equipment to give this a try
I'd like to try that
Where did you get them
Hey, I'm also in PA. When you say pond snails, are you talking about the little aquarium pond snails or the BIG trapdoor kind of pond snail? I found a pond full of shells in Reading near the Pagoda (It was featured in the disastrous live action Last Airbender movie) but I could never find any live ones, and to this day, I wonder about species.
Sadly, I don't have any land with which to try this. So here is me wishing you luck in your endeavor!!!! Also.. If you make a channel chronicling your attempts, I would totally subscribe and watch.
Did you able to raise these prawns? Love to learn more info on your experences
Looks like hard work. Thank you for sharing. Love the video
on a school visit to the marine resources center we got to see freshwater shrimp they are breeding to see if they could be farmed and while I have never seen these shrimp available in groceries stores I have often wondered if anyone was farming them. The freshwater shrimp they were working with are huge! The breeding females weighed as much as 5 pounds. They looked bigger than most of the lobsters I see in tanks in the stores. They probably take longer to grow that big, which might be why you don't see them in the stores. Just one of these big shrimps would probably feed my family of four!
Already excited for next year!
This is the best prawn I have ever tasted.
It is good
Thanks for sharing and explaining!
We have these In Singapore for recreational prawn fishing ponds aka prawning. Tasty buggers, Chinese call them 大头虾，big head prawn. We usually just stick a bamboo skewer through them and BBQ them
Udang galah, masak lemak cili, masak tempoyak, bakar.. Masak sekali dengan kepalanya, dibahagian itulah yang paling sedap.
Only u eat them . Disgusting
I’m really happy to see new thoughts going into economically challenged areas. This is an opportunity to many and I hope it continues
Did you just call Singapore economically challenged? 😂 Is the second most expensive and luxurious country in the world to live in. @taylordooley3765
thank you for sharing have a great week ahead 🙏
Never knew about KY shrimp. Great video.
I hope these guys and those like them really blow up! Man I wanted some of those. Much rather buy prawns from U S waters and standards vs those from who knows where and raised who knows how.😁👍💯
Amazing work.
Great Product. Tom Yum Guk would be epic, little garlic chopped within sauteed/ pan fried prawns is my fav
It would be great if 99% of the shrimp in the United States weren't "farm raised" in in SE Asia. I honestly have no problem paying more for anything if it's not raised in countries that have zero oversight when it comes to seafood farming. Hopefully more people get involved domestically with production, good job 👍
lmao
Interesting video thanks
Great video
The holes made by the shrimps is normal in the wild.The hole serves as its nest to hide into; at times it feels any disturbance around them. It also provides safe haven to stay away from aggressive other shrimps.
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I would love to get into something like this!! Plus that looked good coming off that grill!!!
The college brought everything to get started you just have to dig a pond it was fairly easy
you should try fishing for this prawns its super fun...we still do it in Malaysia
Looks yummy
Thank you 😆from Singapore Toa Payoh Town 👍Jesus Christ love ❤️ you and USA.
Yall makin me want shrimp now.... 😋
We have ate so many over the years I’m almost sick of them
Loved the video. Would love to speak to you sometime about jog this for myself and my small farm in my backyard pond
Oooh crap, a brackish shrimp 10:13 similar to Amano shrimp. No wonder you gotta keep buying babies and growing them out. Been looking into aquaponics Recently
Making me hungry . . . 😮🤤👌
Love the video
Hello my friend new subscriber her and love the the video of yours.Love shrimping in hood canal Northwest.Too
Just fried it whit white onion
Then dip it on sambal kicap @ soya souse n green chill
Wow.....
Salam dari Malaysia
Ran across this video. Me and my father are raising prawns in Minnesota. Wondering if we could get put in touch with this farmer. We would love to chat with them. Not many of other prawn farmers to "talk shop" with. Thanks
I’m in southeast Oklahoma and interested in gettin my hands in it but it’s very hard to get the information I need
What a great migration of industries.
Grilling "shell on" makes a really nice shell/chip texture, for the lazy chef, (Moi) even better.
In Australia we have them in the tropic areas In rivers and streams, They are called Cherabin and look almost the same, and they grow pretty big. Tasty AF!.
Great video. I noticed you didn't remove the mud line from the whole shrimp that you cooked on the barbecue. Or, does it come out with the head and body when you twist it off? I've always been taught that they won't have a good taste if you don't remove the mud line. Sure wish you were closer to me in southern ontario, Canada. I'd buy your shrimp for sure!
the mud line in regular wild shrimp is the nastiest tasting stuff I have ever had. Bleech!
Its not mud, its poop.
In my country(Thailand) We call them “river prawn”. They occurred naturally by riverbanks exits to the ocean. They can grow up to 30-40 cm in size. I think they can grow better in the US southern states with warmer climate like Florida, Louisiana, Texas. I like to eat them but I preferred Tiger shrimp better.
Kept a prawn for a min. It’s name was Godzilla. Not named by me but the pet store I got it from. Amazing creatures.
We catch them now and then here in south Texas canals but I never thought they could be farmed .
any good places you ?
in stx ?
@@juanisasi8997 Yeah the Rio Grande and canal systems and the resacas in Los fresnos and Brownsville . There are many places including South Padre Island .
this tiger prawn is from our home town at Malaysia... wow now farming in Kentucky... awesome !!👍👍👍
Це не тигрова креветка, це креветка Макробрахіум Розенберга
Malaysia has the highest quality prawn i see so far.
Udang galah kalau di Indonesia..masih mahal udang laut
The best tasting shrimp fresh and salt water....the heads would make shrimp amazing stock..
Macrobrachium Rosenbergii is a good candidate in Freshwater prawns. It grows to 200 grams in 8 - 10 months at stocking density of 1 / square meter.
If there is a big dam then it can grow upto 500 grams (1 pound) in 6 months with stocking density of 1 / 10 square meter.
Since they are highly cannibal in nature they need places like waste tyres, pipes, coconut shells etc to hide after moulting.
I've been wanting to try tiger prawns for years
I would make our BBQ Shrimp that we do with the fresh shrimp here in Louisiana and I guarantee that those would be delicious because we leave the heads on for the dish and that’s how you get a lot more flavor from them. 😁👍
Cool vid, I reckon they make holes because there's no other structure in the pond😁😂👍
I get my shrimp from GA wild caught. I absolutely love them. I support this however for sustainability
Really nice prawns. I like to try to breed them here in Minnesota. Do you sell a breeding set?
the head is the best part on those prawns
Could you please explain how you would farm in an above ground pool (or couple of them) for your family farm or maybe a small community farm? I am not able to find much info on how to properly or where to source spawn. (I am in TX so nowhere near competition 😉)
Wonder if you should have something around the pond’s to stop them from becoming an invasive species! Cool video!
They can only breed in salt water, and when the water temp gets below the 60’s F they will die. No need to worry about them spreading
When I was in college in the early 90’s I bought one of these at a local pet store in AZ. The fish was 2”…1yr later is was 6” with big long blue claws. One morning I woke up to discover a Frontosa missing…next morning I woke up to see the shrimp holding the largest fish by the head eating him alive! I was pissed so that shrimp became dinner for a raccoon!
Should've been your dinner instead. They are delicious!
That is freaking awesome. And 14 pounds per basket!!!! Wonder if they are good cat bait, asking for a friend.
I kept some heads for you to fish with maybe they’ll catch something
I remember reading a William Gibson story where one of the characters visits an arcology that has a geothermal tap for power. They raised shrimp in a cistern on the roof that collected the warm water and cooled it for re-circulation. This isn't quite so cyberpunk, but still pretty cool!
Has the drought effected you much?
No the ponds have been warm, and we add water if we need to the farm is next to a river and can pump fresh water if it needs it
Wow
Awesome. I wish I could do the same. Do I need any training? I would like to replicate it in Northern California
I’ll have to look for them if they’re sold in my local stores.
These are hard to find for sale. Try an Asian market. Even the frozen ones are as good as a saltwater shrimp. Sustainable and no by-catch.
How do you replenish the pain from year to year when you take the shrimp with eggs
Nice video! What was the name of the farm in the video? Thanks!
3:14 up down wiggle wiggle 🤣
Lucy, you've got some seining to do!!!
Sushi restaurants will buy life tiger prawns by the lake-full. They serve the tail end still twitching and deep fry the heads. Craziest thing you've ever seen.
Do you have a video on how you prep the pond bottom for the next harvest?
No not yet but next season I can make a video of this
Yes can you make that video,please
It's very famous in bangaldesh and in west bengal which is a state of india... It's famous dish malai chingri ♥️
You should try indoor farming on this prawn to have a better control on temperature. What i seen on your video, the are relatively small compared to what it should be. Those prawn are cannibal and kinda practice hierarchy lol where only a few among many will fully grow. So i suggest in indoor farming, you create a small space for them. That my opinion based on what i have studied.
The best part about this prawn is the head. Very tasty
They look the same as our “cherrabin”Australian fresh water shrimp.
Tiger shrimps fr Maui❤
Do you guys make freeze dried bait for fishing also. ?
No but I have used it for channel cats
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They are tasty fresh... not so much frozen.
10:10 wow
they can grow to a one pound each , easy to raise and delicious
full-grown take about two years
they are plentiful in South East Asia
How much would it cost to set up a small operation like a large pond (natural) or something? I was thinking about mussel farming myself, but maybe I can do both.
The most expensive part is having an incubation or hatchery, just a bunch of tanks filters an plumbing to get them big enough to transfer to the pond, mussels I have no idea but shrimp you could get started for a few thousand if you already have a pond dug, it is fairly easy to grow shrimp indoor or outdoor, I have a new shrimp video tomorrow
Do you guy clean out the silt?do praws burrow into the silt?
It gets cleaned every few years, and all the silt collects in that 1 deep corner of the pond so it makes it easy to clean
Great video! I have a catfish farm in Africa and I am wanting to get into the fresh water shrimp farming business as well there.
You said in your video that it cost a lot to get them from eggs to a size big enough for the pond. Is the feed cost to get them to market size also high? I actually have a ton of questions but don't want to blow up your comments section.
There is money to be made, the start up cost is the expensive part, the fees cost depends on what you feed them fish meal or chicken grain, if you already have the means to do it I would go for it
@@RiverBloodfishing ok thank you do you give tours or anything like that? I am up in Washington state right now but am interested.
If I may ask you harvest 1,200 lbs of shrimp.. what is your profit from that after expenses? I'm around 60-78% cost do to high fish feed costs ....I was told Shrimp is a lower cost percentage to produce then fish.
@@claytonlunz3347 we do the harvest the first 3 fridays in September, so next year you are more than welcome to come down and check it out, a lot of people come to watch and learn the process, just remember to message me before September or reach me on my face book page River Blood it is also linked on my you tube home page so you can message me when the time comes
Question, if you get all the prungs, or shrimp and drain the pond in a day, what are you going to do the next day 🤔? You must have many ponds?
I meant prawns
Ok,,,,, sooooo,,,,,, How are they reproduced? Is there a batch of babies you buy every year???? Also,, how small are they to begin with and how long to grow to harvest size? Do they make it through winters and frozen ponds? tons of questions. these are just a few...
We buy live baby shrimp every year there about the size of you pinky finger nail, they can only reproduce in salt water, takes 4 to 5 months to grow them, after September in Kentucky it is to cold to grow them outdoor and they will not live through the winter
Operations like this one are easier to do if done in a State or region closer to the coast. Even areas in the desert where the ground water is brackish.
Algriculture made easy and convenient is better for economics and the environment!!!
I visited many of these farms in Thailand, big money and tasty. I may add in Thailand they grow to the size of your forearm
In Malaysia we call it Udang Galah
This is awesome and great quality. They sell any of these for bait by chance lol?
I didn’t think about it at the time but next year I will keep some live and try them for bait lol 😆
In south east asia, we dont only use it as bait, we also fish them , they cannibal too, fun to fish thought, fight as powerfull as bream
One can make a fortune harvesting these prawns in Florida ,Texas : Rio Grande ,Hawaii, and Puerto Rico in the USA
Really tricky to grow. They are an indicator species, sensitive and die to small changes in environment. The ones in the video are pretty small so I'm guessing it's difficult to grow them past this size in Kentucky.
Yes it is difficult it gets too cold by September and they have to come out a little early compared to farms further south from us
@@RiverBloodfishingI have been considering doing this in long concrete ponds that I can regulate just a little more .
aren't they tropical? how are they surviving the cold weather in Kentucky?
We put them in the water in may then We take them out in September before it gets to cold if it was a warmer environment they could grow much bigger
Please where can I do this in USA Iam in NEW YORK and I have intrest
Time for a cast iron pan you have consumed most of the cancer non stick in the one you used. This was great to watch.
Funny you say that I just bought a new cast iron pan
@@RiverBloodfishing that's awsome
The holes or craters are probably where they are bedding.
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I bet those turtles are eatin' good lol
Hello Jamie’s,,,
When can I purchase some ??
What city you live in ?????
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KFS Kentucky Fried Shrimp.
So where are you located in KY?
You should look for gk aqua and ask if you can get their broodstock. Their pl is 100% male
Honest question. If somehow these shrimp were to get in rivers lakes and streams would there be any negative effects ie asian carp?
There wouldn’t be any negative effects, they would actually be great for the eco system and the water would be very clear and clean due to they are filter feeding cleaners, but unfortunately they cannot breed in fresh water, they have to hatch in salt water and then they can be transferred to fresh water, the pipes that fill and drain the ponds are actually connected to a small river and it’s no problem.
@@RiverBloodfishing I wouldn't call them filter feeding 😀 ! Kept them in aquaria for some time, and they didn't stop until the last fish or plant. I'm sure they'll feed on the filterfeeders in the pond.
The temperature would kill all of them in the winter time.
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I am interested in trying this at home. How/where do you get the starters ?
There is a place in Texas everyone gets the starters from I don’t remember the name you could possibly google it and they can send them in the mail, we collaborated with the agriculture department from a college and they setup all the tanks and filters for us and helped keep everything going
Do they have the head butter like the ones in Asia?
Yes a little bit of head butter, but they are grain fed so it is kind of bland and earthy tasting