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6 hours ago, Luc53 said:

Pilot project underway in WA.

http://www.aquafeed.com/news/headline-news-article/8001/Australia-government-invests-in-Macrobrachium-rosenbergii-production-in-Northern-Australia/

So I see. WA is trying to farm these prawns aye, but wouldn't it be too cold?? Appreciate the replies tho!

7 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Hey @Drop Bear, since adding a post to this topic I started searching for info about freshwater prawn farming, just out of interest. Very interesting reading about farming techniques for both salt water and freshwater prawns in different regions, and what gets farmed where. The cherabin is actually the same genus (Macrobrachium) but different species (spinipes) to that referred to by the original poster, but hey, as they say in Asia “ same same but different”.  About 280,000 tonnes of freshwater prawns are farmed globally each year, compared to about 1,600,000 tonnes of salt water prawns. There have been a number of attempts to farm cherabins in Australia but none have been commercially successful from the reading I have done.

Based on what I have read, I would now support farming of the native species if that was possible, but not importing raw product from another country, although that is probably illegal now anyway.

By the way, Robbie, it did not surprise me to read that you thought cherabin were delicious since I have heard you say that about pretty much anything that comes from the water.  And you are a good chef who could make a tasty meal out of an old boot.

Appreciate the response man! I never knew that it was a different species haha. And don't worry I will never do such thing to damage Australia's beautiful nature 

9 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

I have eaten a fair few when we did a trip around Aust. The are known locally as cherebin. They were delicious.

It is a good question. Do they farm them over seas? 

Yea, back in Taiwan, these river prawns are seen farmed in the middle hotter regions; eventually it became a subcategory of fishing and became an activity called prawn fishing, its basically a pond with these prawns where parents can take their kids to have some fun indoors without the fuss of UV rays et cetera, then they can cook it on the stove near by. I love it, and I go almost everyday if I get a chance to go back; but yea, appreciate the response tho.

Hello guys, 

I was just wondering, why don't I see people eating the giant river prawn - Macrobrachium rosenbergii - in Australia?

I mean, it's a delicacy in the East Asia region, but why aren't people in Australia eating them. The most common prawn I see people eating is the tiger prawn, why? Does it taste better??

Thank you if you take the time to answer, but I am just down right curious as to why people don't eat the as much and only eat the tiger prawns.

*Please note that I do know there are still people eating them, just not a popular option. And I want to know why.*