Replacing Live Algae in marine Finfish larciculture

摘要

The use of "greenwater" in marine larval fish culture, and for growing and enriching cultured zooplankton fed to these fish, is by now standard industry practice. However, growing and maintaining live cultures of microalgae is both costly and time consuming. Advances in algal processing, now make it possible to use commercially available concentrated solutions of microalgae rather than culturing greenwater on site. If larval fish growth and survival are as high in commercial greenwater products as they are with normal live microalgal cultures, the ramifications for marine finfish culture could be significant.