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2003 - 224 p.

Nutritional management and development of manufactured feeds for tuna aquaculture

Smart A., Sylvia P.C., Belle S.

At present, all tuna farming is based on wild capture and feed lotting. The impounded tuna are fed on a diet of small pelagic fish such as sardines, mackerel and herring. The manufactured feeds developed thus far have focused on moist and semi-moist feeds, which produce a soft-textured product, however dry feeds have also been trialed. Farmed tuna are generally fed for 3-6 months before harvest. Feed intake can start at more than10 per cent of body weight per day (bw per d) for raw fish feeds, stabilising to less than 5 per cent bw per d nearer to harvest. FCR (dry feed weight) values range from 3-6:1. Cumulative SGR's of 0.5-0.6 have been achieved.

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ALIMENT POUR ANIMAUX, COMPOSITION GLOBALE, EFFICACITE ALIMENTAIRE, PRISE ALIMENTAIRE (ANIMAUX), TAUX DE CROISSANCE

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Smart A., Sylvia P.C., Belle S. Nutritional management and development of manufactured feeds for tuna aquaculture. In : Bridges C.R. (ed.), García A. (ed.), Gordin H. (ed.). Domestication of the bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus thynnus. Zaragoza : CIHEAM, 2003. p. 187-190. (Cahiers Options Méditerranéennes; n. 60). 1. International Symposium on Domestication of the Bluefin Tuna Thunnus Thynnus Thynnus, 2002/02/03-08, Cartagena (Spain). http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/c60/03600122.pdf