Marine Fish Larval Nutrition

A special issue of Aquaculture Journal (ISSN 2673-9496).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 1566

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Dear Colleagues,

The need to increase fish production rates demands new and efficient methods to improve the practice of fish farming in a sustainable manner. Although large quantities of fish larvae are produced by the aquaculture industry, survival rates are low or highly variable, and the growth potential is, in most cases, not fully exploited, indicating a significant gap in our knowledge concerning the optimal nutritional conditions. In aquaculture research, one of the prospects is to understand what is necessary to allow for the proper growth and adequate development of fish larvae to become robust frying specimens. The current Special Issue features a wide range of research papers addressing the published knowledge on fish larvae digestive physiology and the new sustainable nutritional strategies to produce and provide high quality marine fish larvae.

Dr. Carmen Navarro-Guillén
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Keywords

  • digestive physiology
  • feeding protocols
  • larval ontogeny
  • marine fish larvae
  • sustainable aquaculture

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Larviculture of Brycon amazonicus under Different Food and Farming Systems
by Gustavo Alberto Arbeláez-Rojas and Maria da Graça Gama Melão
Aquac. J. 2023, 3(4), 209-226; https://doi.org/10.3390/aquacj3040017 - 14 Oct 2023
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Freshwater fish larviculture techniques still have deficiencies in cultivation and feeding. In this study, we evaluated experimentally different cultivation and feeding systems in the Brycon amazonicus (matrinxã) larviculture. Seven treatments with different live foods were used: T1 = a semi-intensive mesocosm system with [...] Read more.
Freshwater fish larviculture techniques still have deficiencies in cultivation and feeding. In this study, we evaluated experimentally different cultivation and feeding systems in the Brycon amazonicus (matrinxã) larviculture. Seven treatments with different live foods were used: T1 = a semi-intensive mesocosm system with green water; T2 = a clear water system containing Artemia sp. as food; T3 = a clear water system containing Dendrocephalus brasiliensis as food; T4 = a clear water system containing a combination of Artemia sp. and D. brasiliensis as food (a proportion of 1:1); T5, T6 and T7 were the same as T2, T3 and T4, respectively, but with a swimming exercise system. During the experiment, the water quality parameters were measured and maintained suitably for the cultures. The highest values of final weight (42.97 ± 2.58 mg) and specific growth rate (31.77 ± 0.60%) were observed in T5 (p < 0.05). Regarding the nutritional composition, the larvae of B. amazonicus that were fed nauplii of D. brasiliensis had a better profile of amino acids and essential fatty acids than those fed other live foods. Therefore, nauplii of D. brasiliensis can be used as an adequately nutritional food for larvae of B. amazonicus. Full article
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