An approach to reduce feed cost in aquaculture through adoptingalternate feeding strategies

摘要

Reducing feed costs in aquaculture is important for the longer term sustainability of the feed industry, and more so in respect of rural aquaculture where the profit margins often tend o be rather marginal. There is a potential for reducing feed costsin aquaculture by reducing unit feed cost per se and also through the adoption of alternate feeding strategies. In regard to the former the most obvious approach to reduce the cost of feed is to decrease the amount of the most expensive in-gredient in the feed, fishmeal, through substitution with a suitable, low cost alternative, while ensuring that such substitution will not compromise the growth and quality of the cultured stock.