這本專書主要邀請國內外專家學者以涵蓋養蝦技術以及人文歷史，可讀性較高的內容為宗旨，包括：地區性養蝦研究的全盤介紹有10篇、蝦類營養研究1篇、蝦病研究4篇、蝦類養殖之經營及營收1篇，以及淡水蝦養殖和蝦類養殖之綜合型簡述各1篇，共為18篇，並附上重要蝦種之正、側面圖以及養殖之草蝦和天然草蝦之體色比較，以及背部有一條紅色帶的草蝦，另外，附上會令人唾嚥的蝦料理相片多頁。

This is a book containing monographs to introduce the progressive breakthroughs of shrimp and prawn aquaculture technology with look at the pioneering achievements and historic events. Included are ten overall chapters of regional introduction to describe prawn farming research, one chapter about nutritional requirement of prawns, four chapters on diseases, one chapter about operation, management and business of prawn farming, one chapter about freshwater prawns and finally a chapter to summarize five decades of prawn aquaculture research and development in Taiwan. In addition, there are appendixes to include photos of dorsal and lateral views of important prawns, appearance of wild and pond-cultured grass prawn. Photos of many gourmet cuisines of prawn dishes are collected to entertain our readers.