Scientists in Queensland, Australia, have created a giant prawn, measuring 30cm in length and weighing more than 450g when fully grown.

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The size is too big for commercial purposes so they will be harvesting them young, reducing the time needed to rear a saleable product.


The project’s principal scientist Dr Nigel Preston has been experimenting with crustacean blood lines to find those that grow faster and produce the biggest specimens.


The farmed super-prawn will be just as healthy as its ocean-going relative because there is a complete ban using any anti-biotics in Australian prawn fisheries and Preston’s stock is reared organically.


*Principal research scientist Dr Nigel Preston at CSIRO Marine tel: + 61 7 3826 7221 or email: nigel.preston@csiro.au

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