Goodrick et al. (1995) suggested that taking advantage of the similarity of the brown tiger shrimpwith the Kuruma shrimp, a live market for the former could be developed using shrimp from capture fishery.
When wild P.esculentus that had apparently recovered from the stress due to capture nere tested, they survived for 12-18 h, after being cooled at the rate of 3ํ c perhour and packed in chilled sawdust at 12ํ c.
Wild caught P.semisulcatus also showed a similar response. These results did not favour commercial trials, since survival for at least 24 h is required for overseas marketing from Australia, Further, farmed P.esculentus did not survine in sawdust as long as P.monodon caught at the same farm, though the result was confounded by evidence that the brown tiger shrimp at the farm were in poor condition.
Goodrick et al.(1995) also reported that the observation while handling P.esculentus at 12ํ c indicated that this temperature might be too cold.
Therefore, they suggested that the survival of P.esculentus might be slightly extended by maintaining highen temperatures (about 15ํ c) rather than the 12ํ c routinely used for shipping Kuruma shrimp, though there are doubts that this temperature would immobilize the brown tiger shrimp.
It may be noted that as reported by PatersonZ1993X, the Kuruma shrimp experience no metabolic stress when held in sawdust at 12ํ c