Distinguishing between farmed and wild-caught black tiger prawns, Penaeus monodon, using stable isotopes
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2018-01-09
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MedCrave Group
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Determining farmed from wild-caught seafood is important to alleviate public health concerns associated with food safety as well as combatting food fraud. This study applied stable isotope analysis (SIA) to determine provenance of farmed and wild-caught black tiger prawns, P. monodon. Isotopic analysis showed that wild P. monodon were significantly enriched in δ13C (p<0.0001) compared to those that were farmed. The results of this case study suggest SIA can be used effectively to differentiate between farmed and wild-caught black tiger prawns, and potentially to determine the production method for other seafood commodities. ©2018 Gopi, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially.
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Aquaculture, Prawns, Stable isotopes, Seafood, Food, Consumption rates, United Nations, Human populations, Asia
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Gopi, K., Mazumder, D., Saintilan, N., & Sammut, J. (2018). Distinguishing between farmed and wild-caught black tiger prawns, Penaeus monodon, using stable isotopes. Journal of Aquaculture & Marine Biology, 7(1), 00176. doi:10.15406/jamb.2018.07.00176