BUDIDAYA UDANG VANNAMEI (LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI) DI LAHAN PEKARANGAN KELURAHAN PAKIS KECAMATAN SAWAHAN KOTA SURABAYA

Abstract

The increasing cultivation of Vannamei shrimp throughout the archipelago in the
aquaculture area lately has made some farmers try to cultivate vannamei shrimp in freshwater
ponds, and even exploring farmer groups in urban areas also try to cultivate vannamei shrimp in
fresh water by utilizing less productive land. Vannamei shrimp that have a high tolerance to
salinity, ie from 2 to 40 ppt, and will even grow quickly at lower salinity. The condition of
shrimp adapted to salinity then made some farmers try to cultivate vannamei shrimp in fresh
water through an acclimatization process and successfully carried out shrimp farming at low
salinity at 2 ppt salinity. Cultivation of vannamei shrimp in fresh water has several advantages
including: resistance to the risk of contracting shrimp disease caused by viruses and bacteria that
infect many shrimp in brackish water. The aim of the activity is to improve the ability and
capacity of the group through counseling and training on how to make good shrimp farming so
that it can increase production efficiency and productivity and minimize the risk of failure of
vannamei shrimp farming. The approach method used to overcome the problems faced by the
Gotong Royong farmer group is by way of an ongoing participatory approach between the
proposing team and partners, as the controller of the Community Partnership program which has
an active role in providing assistance and periodic guidance to partners. From the results of this
activity the following conclusions were obtained: (1) Cultivation of vannamei shrimp
(Litopenaeus Vannamei) on the grounds in the Mutual Cooperation Group was received with
great enthusiasm, and asked to be accompanied from pond preparation, fry selection, fry
stocking, monitoring to harvest. (2) The key to the success of shrimp farming in freshwater in
urban yards is the selection of fries adapted to fresh water and monitoring water quality and
feeding during cultivation.
Keywords: Cultivation, Vannamei, Yard, Intensive, Mutual Cooperation