Prawn Farming

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

56

Date Released

1970

Length of issue (in feet)

492

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Gravel Bed
2. 2Automated Draughting Equipment
3. 3Quick Eye Test
4. 4Prawn Farming

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Prawns from power stations? Unlikely, but true - waste warm water makes an ideal environment for growing prawns in captivity in half the time they take in the wild.

Researcher Comments

Filmed at Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station and an experimental prawn farm set up by former naval Lt Commander Maurice Ingram

Keywords

Science and technology; Fisheries; Nuclear energy

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 36 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/56

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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