The Prawn Interviews

[MissFarmGirl]

The Prawn Interviews

we would like to share what happens when we catch the prawn

I ask the question to my Mum because she catch the prawn

David is the man who hold the camera

when I first do this, I no like, but Mum say good to tell our story

this is the number 2 time we do this because we have much wind in the camera

David say it come from pond ... I think it come from David ... 5555

here is #1 movie

I hope we do good and you enjoy!

oh, I write the english words if it difficult to listen to me

How many kilo of prawn do you catch last night?

The first night she get the prawn 100kilogram

The second night, the third night?

Second night get prawn about 75

Third night get 65 kilogram

[David48]

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Thanks MissFarmGirl for starting this ... you look great in front of the camera!

Actually, she was really shy to do these interviews, but, with time, begrudgingly did them.

Thai people always worry when they speak English ... actually her English is much better

in real life then what you see here ... just that she's nervous.

So, Interview 2 ...

What price do you get from the market?

And where do you sell in the Market?

She sell at the local market and the price about 125 Baht/Kilogram … that’s for big size

If small size about 95 Baht per kilogram

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[David48]

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Interview 3 ...

How long (to grow) from Baby Prawn to Adult Prawn?

3 months

Interview 4 ...

How much that you buy the baby Prawns?

She buy from the local farmer at the chat chat sow (I have no idea if the real name of this place).

Price about 100,000 Prawns and she pay Baht 3,000

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[David48]

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The video above is a common sight in a pond's cycle life.

Sometimes the Prawns get sick and some of the usual pond bottom dwellers come near the surface.

The birds are wise to that and the weak or sick Prawns become easy pickings.

They seem to spend maybe 2 or 3 days at each pond.

So, in the last formal interview below, this is what MissFarmGirl and her Mum are discussing.

Just a smiling Farm Girl and her Mum who kindly did the interviews ...

Interview 5 ...

What is the name of the bird and why do they come to the Farm?

This bird we call nang-u-won. Happy for someone who knows the actual name.

They come because they are looking for the Prawns, not strong … sick.

So this last question.

Thank you ... ... she says

Below, I'll add a bit of extra material and give the link to the next in the Prawn series.

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[cooked]

Great interviews, valuable stuff, even though the title reminds me of Monty Python for some reason. The bird is the seagull, http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A8%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A5

We don't see these in Isaan a lot!

[David48]

Thanks crooked ...

... I'm glad that at least one person has read them ...

The next in the series has started ... Prawn Harvesting 02

This is different from Prawn Harvesting 01 in so much that this time the Farm actually drains the Pond, so a different technique and machinery are employed.

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[krisb]

Well done! Aqua culture alive and well in Thailand. My favorite type of farming.

So they grow prawns and fish, different ponds I assume? How many ponds do they run David MissFarmGirl? Ever considered introducing Yabbies David?

[David48]

Well done! Aqua culture alive and well in Thailand. My favorite type of farming.

So they grow prawns and fish, different ponds I assume? How many ponds do they run David MissFarmGirl? Ever considered introducing Yabbies David?

Sadly ... you don't get the pretty one to reply to your question!

Yes, Prawns and Fish ... SAME ponds. You can read about it here in the fish-and-shrimp-farm.

Because, they occupy different 'stratas' in a pond, they co-inhabit very easily.

As for introducing anything ... not my Farm ... I have very limited influence on anything that goes on there.

Have you ever tried to tell a Thai anything ...

Seriously though ... I'll try and subtly influence a few things, but I don't fancy my chances.

Just the way it is here. But, no difference if a Thai Fish Farmer tried to tell an Aussie cotton Farmer how to do it better.

[David48]

Nothing goes 100 % correct when you do the Interviews.

a few out-takes ...

We had a 'production moment' ... just wished the Auto-Focus worked better!

all good fun ...

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[Dancealot]

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Interview 3 ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCJgfjTYmXM&feature=youtu.be

How long (to grow) from Baby Prawn to Adult Prawn?

3 months

Interview 4 ...

How much that you buy the baby Prawns?

She buy from the local farmer at the chat chat sow (I have no idea if the real name of this place).

Price about 100,000 Prawns and she pay Baht 3,000

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Just having discovered this special thread i keep wondering about the Chat chat show...

The prawns are a lot cheaper then in Phetchabun

[David48]

Diseases cut back supply of shrimp plants [The Nation]

Many shrimp-processing plants in the East and South have temporarily reduced or

suspended production as shrimp disease has cut supplies. The higher cost of labour

and the baht's appreciation have also dampened the industry's growth this year.

Poj Aramwattanont, president of the Thai Frozen Foods Association, said the shrimp

industry was facing serious problems due to the lack of supply.

The disease began hitting Thai shrimp late last year.

The Fisheries Department is working on the problem, and it is

hoped that it will be resolved by the fourth quarter. As a result,

the association projects that the volume of Thai shrimp export will drop by 30-40

per cent this year.

However, export value will not decline as much because

producers have tried to add more value to their product. The value of shrimp export

this year is expected to drop by 10-20 per cent. According to Commerce Ministry

data, the value of shrimp export in the first four months dropped 19.3 per cent

year on year to US$643 million (Bt19.8 billion).

HERE

[canman]

Well done! Aqua culture alive and well in Thailand. My favorite type of farming.

So they grow prawns and fish, different ponds I assume? How many ponds do they run David MissFarmGirl? Ever considered introducing Yabbies David?

I briefly looked into the possibility of Yabby farming in Thailand. I was told that they would not be permitted in the country as they would attack young rice crops if they ever got out of the farms. Not sure how true this is but that is what i was told.

[Michael Hare]

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Interview 3 ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCJgfjTYmXM&feature=youtu.be

How long (to grow) from Baby Prawn to Adult Prawn?

3 months

Interview 4 ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEB2SOi3wpg&feature=youtu.be

How much that you buy the baby Prawns?

She buy from the local farmer at the chat chat sow (I have no idea if the real name of this place).

Price about 100,000 Prawns and she pay Baht 3,000

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Nice photos and interviews.

The place is Chachoengsao.

Nice place Chachoengsao.

[26characters]

i'm sure i have seen red claw around somewhere but i think Yabby was meant to mean the oz yabbie -a burrowing heavy claw freshwater beast about 3 inches long.not sure of red claw habits.

but those long blue clawed ones commonly seen in thailand would be my recommendation as an addition to the existing Penaeidae. also some sort of surface zone plankton feeding fish.

perhaps also some carnivorous fish (eg local barrimumdi- gapong khao or more of the plaa bu shown being there already) in a net enclosure to let run amok when the birds are seen feeding on the prawn.

just suggestions take what you think you can use. too lazy to find images.

[lxquick]

images from Tops supermarket chiang mai this week long blue claw and then white prawns

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"

Article
Horizontal transmission of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) between red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) and the giant tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)

Chumporn Soowannayan, Mongkhol Phanthura
Aquaculture (impact factor: 2.04). 07/2011; 319(1-2):5-10.

ABSTRACT Australian red claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus was introduced into Thailand in the 1990s and is generally cultured in rice fields in many parts of the country including those where penaeid shrimp are farmed. As yet, there have been no reports of" from http://www.researchgate.net/publication/225308756_Horizontal_transmission_of_white_spot_syndrome_virus_(WSSV)_between_red_claw_crayfish_(Cherax_quadricarinatus)_and_the_giant_tiger_shrimp_(Penaeus_monodon)

more info on red claw http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Cherax_quadricarinatus and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherax_quadricarinatus

and

[lxquick]

in western australia they have these huge freshwater beasts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marron but havent seen them in thailand.

also see http://www.marrongrowers.org/