Biosecure module system combined with biofloc technology in blue archipelago farm

Blue Archipelago intensive shrimp farm, Arca Biru SDN, is located at Kedah, northwest of Kuala Lumpur. The farm was established in early 1990s for Penaeus monodon culture. However, the farm was faced with serious viral (WSSV) outbreaks. In early 2010, the farm was re-designed from pond base to biosecure module base system including two modules lined with HDPE. For the remaining modules, only pond dikes were lined. The farm was operated with minimum water exchange, semi-biofloc and biofloc technology. The main objective of the cycle was to have a bench-mark for future production cycles as such a number of commercial trials were tried.