You are an employee of the Department of Aquaculture in Singapore Food Agency. The government is considering providing start-up grants to assist people financially to establish Giant freshwater prawn farms and tropical lobster farms in Singapore. You have been asked to provide a technical report advising the government on whether the two are good species choices for these start-up grants. you only need to write your report on either Giant freshwater prawn OR tropical lobster.

The following topics need to be explained:

-site requirements (e.g. temperature, infrastructure, geology, water)

- environmental impacts including biosecurity risks

- any bottlenecks in culturing the species that may require significant research and development investment

- employment opportunities for Singaporeans

- domestic and export market potential

- any potential links to other aquaculture and agriculture industries

- whether any genetic/selective breeding is necessary

- what innovations have been made in giant freshwater prawns/tropical lobster aquaculture that might improve efficiency and productivity On the basis of your research on the points above you have been asked to give an overall recommendation on whether the government should invest funds into developing this aquaculture industry.