International Introductions of Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Introductions as compiled by FAO
Main Ref. Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006
To China
FAO area Pacific, Northwest
From Japan
FAO area
Year 1976
Range
Period 1975-present
Established in the Wild unknown
Established in Aquaculture widely used
Significant Ecological Interactions unknown
Significant Socio-economic Effects
Introduced by unknown
Reason aquaculture
Other Reason
Comments Introduced because much bigger than the native species Macrobrachium nipponense. M. rosenbergii is being mass cultured in Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shangai and Beijing.
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