sales of brine shrimp eggs in the United States / Europe, and 

 Japan are greater than 14,000 gallons. The present U.S. retail 

 price is $50 per gallon. The wholesale price is $25 per gallon. 

 A pesticide-free egg would allow the food market to expand and 

 lower the costs. Two plans, A and B, are discussed in terms of 

 output, costs, and receipts throughout a 4-year period, including 

 construction costs. Under plan A, tabled data shows expenditures 

 of $0.7 million and receipts of $1.05 million. Plan B has total 

 expenditures of $1.2 million and receipts of $1.75 million. 

 Other tables itemize numerous other input and output items. 

 Frozen brine shrimp is predicted to cost 17.5 cents per pound for 

 processing, but to command a wholesale price of 30 to 35 cents 

 per pound. With production at 1,000 pounds per day, the 

 projected margin would total $125 to $175. Christmas Island's 

 facilities such as labor force, ports, electrical power, fuel, 

 and freshwater supply are also discussed. 

 Subject descriptors: 



Shrimp; Hawaii; biology; biological feasibility; revenue; costs; 

 returns; economic feasibility. 



131 



Jhingran, V. G.; Gopalakrishnan, V. 

 1973. 



Prospects for the development of brackishwater fish and snrimp 

 culture in India. 



J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can., 30(12, part 2): 2341-2343. 

 Topics include: estimated actual and potential area, methods, 

 experimental yields, research progress, estimated potential costs 

 and returns, and development recommendations. Some 10,000 ha of 

 brackish water area were used for fish and shrimp "trap and grow" 

 culture in 1968 (perhaps 15,200 ha by 1973). Tidal water enters 

 open sluices of embanked ponds, sluice gates are closed, the fish 

 and shrimp grow for some months, and they are harvested. Yields 

 average 200 kg/ha/year (range 100-1,000). Based on improved 

 technology (used in experimental and pilot farm operations) , 

 estimated costs and returns for a 10 to 20 ha suggested 

 (hypothetical) farm operation are given on a per-hectare basis. 

 Assumed yield is 1,500 kg/ha/year of unspecified species. 

 Experimental work mentioned relates to prawn (Penaeus monodon) , 

 mullet (Mugil parsia) and bhekti (Lates calcarif er) . 

 Subject descriptors: 



Shrimp; India; biology; revenue; costs; returns; experiment; 

 development; techniques; research. 



132 



Johnston, W. E.; Allen, P. G. 



1974. 



Technology assessment and the direction of future research: use 



cf computerized budgeting for lobster aquaculture. 



Paper presented at annual meeting of the American Agricultural 



Economics Association, Aug. 1974, College Station, Texas, 28 pp. 



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