Photos for U of I Press Release -- click on image thumbnail to download high resolution version / prawn cropped.tif Debra Levey Larson 7/1/2005 217-244-2880; dlarson@uiuc.edu dlarson@uiuc.edu

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Between 2000 and 2005 the fresh-water prawn industry in Illinois has grown from nothing to about 50 acres. A maximum of 20,000 prawns can be raised per acre.