History and current status of global freshwater prawn farming - New; Nomenclature, taxonomy and external morphology - Holthuis; Biology - Ismael & New; Broodstock management - Daniels, Smullen & Cavalli; Flow-through hatchery systems and management - Correia, Suwannatous & New; Recirculation hatchery systems and management - Valenti & Daniels; Feeds for larval & juvenile prawns - Lavens, Thongrod & Sorgeloos; Nursery systems and management - Alston & Sampaio; Grow-out systems: pond construction - Muir & Lombardi; Grow-out systems: monoculture - Valenti & New; Grow-out systems: culture in temperate zones - Tidwell & D'Abramo; Grow-out systems: polyculture and integrated culture - Zimmermann & New; Nutrition, grow-out feeds and feeding - D'Abramo & New; Grow-out systems: water quality and soil management - Boyd & Zimmermann; Health management - Johnson & Bueno; Biology and management of size variation - Karplus, Malecha & Sagi; Commercial farming experiences - New; Processing - Phillips & Madrid; Marketing - Phillips & Lacroix; Economics & business management - Rhodes; Culture of other species - Kutty, Le Menn & Herman; Prawn Capture fisheries and fisheries enhancement - New, Singholkha & Kutty; Prawn farming: a sustainable form of crustacean culture - New, D'Abramo & Singholkha.