Locally available Ingredients for better formulation in Aqua-Feeds for Cultivable Freshwater Fishes

By : B. Kannan , A. Rathipriya

Page No: 119-133

Abstract
The rise into global prominence and rapid growth of finfish and crustacean aquaculture has been due, in part, to the availability and on-farm provision of feed inputs within the major producing countries. In 2008, more than 46 percent of the total global aquaculture production was dependent upon the supply of external feed inputs. For the aquaculture sector to maintain its current average growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year to 2025, the supply of feed inputs will have to grow at a similar rate. Nutritional requirements like protein, fat, fibre and carbohydrate are the most important key role for formulating the aqua feed. Among these, protein plays an important nutrient for formulating the aqua feed and its requirements will be vary from species to species. In the case of freshwater aquaculture production, high quality, optimum quantity and cost-effective feeds are always desirable for obaining targeted production and growth. Therefore, aquaculture producing countries should concentrate in feed-based aquaculture techniques to maximize the use of locally available feed ingredient sources and use nutritionally safe feed ingredients that can be sustainably produced and grow with the sector.

Authors:
A. Rathipriya and B. Kannan
Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam
 

DOI: http://doi.org/10.32381/JAT.2018.33.3-4.2