The food and feeding of seabass Lates calcarifer, grouper Epinephelus tauvina and rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus in floating net cages at the National Seafarming Development Centre, Lampung, Indonesia
| dc.coverage | Indonesia | |
| dc.creator | Albert G.J. Tacon;Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division | |
| dc.date | 2024-07-22T09:20:39Z | |
| dc.date | 2024-07-22T09:20:39Z | |
| dc.date | 1989 | |
| dc.date | 2020-11-20T10:09:07Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T23:46:50Z | |
| dc.description | Four cage feeding trials involving a total of fifteen different dietary feeding regimes were conducted with seabass (Lates calcarifer), grouper (Epinephelus tauvina) and rabbitfish (Siganus canaliculatus) from fingerling to market size over a 100 to 156-day rearing period. Seabass fed frozen fish or a moist pellet displayed the best growth response, with fish (30/m3) growing from an initial weight of 8.9g and 8.5g to a final weight of 285.5g and 257.5g in 156 days, with a food conversion ratio o f 3.77 – 5.10 (dry matter basis 0.96 – 1.30) and 1.89 – 3.20 (dry matter basis 1.15 – 1.95), and with a survival of 93.3% and 93.3%, respectively. During the seabass trial the estimated feeding cost/kg fish produced was Rp 1458 – 1964 and Rp 1537 – 2584 for fish fed frozen fish and moist pellet, respectively. Grouper fed frozen fish and moist pellet also displayed the best growth response, with fish (30/m3) growing from an initial weight of 23.8g and 25.8g to a final weight of 471.7g and 388.7g in 156 days, with a food conversion ratio of 3.53 – 4.16 (dry matter basis 0.89 – 1.06) and 1.73 – 2.96 (dry matter basis 1.06 – 1.80), and with a survival of 90% and 98.3%, respectively. During the grouper trial the estimated feeding cost/kg fish produced was Rp 1342 – 1603 and Rp 1382 – 2396 for fish fed frozen fish and moist pellet, respectively. In the case of rabbitfish, the best growth was observed for fish fed a dry in-house crumble containing 31% crude protein; fish (15/m3) growing from an initial weight of 51.7g to a final weight of only 110.3g in 100 days, with a food conversion ratio of 3.48 (dry matter basis 3.08) and estimated feeding cost/kg fish produced of Rp 2349. However, all rabbitfish fed formulated rations displayed marked sexual activity by the end of the feeding trial (62 – 93% of the fish yielding milt or eggs on hand stripping). | |
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| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ab881e | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/ab881e/ab881e00.htm | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/291188 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | The food and feeding of seabass Lates calcarifer, grouper Epinephelus tauvina and rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus in floating net cages at the National Seafarming Development Centre, Lampung, Indonesia | |
| dc.title | The food and feeding of seabass Lates calcarifer, grouper Epinephelus tauvina and rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus in floating net cages at the National Seafarming Development Centre, Lampung, Indonesia | |
| dc.type | Project |