Developments in world aquaculture, feed formulations, and role of carotenoids

• Main Author: Samuel P. Meyers
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.552.3629; http://old.iupac.org/publications/pac/1994/pdf/6605x1069.pdf

Abstract- Aquaculture is a rapidly growing global industry, comprising cultivation of various freshwater and marine species of finfish, shellfish, molluscs, and ornamental fish. By the year 2000, as much as 20 % of the world production of fish will be based on aquaculture. Properly formulated feeds are a significant part of successful aquaculture. Carotenoids play a major role in culture of salmonids such as Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. Various biological and nutritional roles for carotenoids in salmonids are documented along with the effect of biotic and abiotic factors on astaxanthin transport and retention and final flesh pigmentation. Relevant recent feeding results are presented. INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF AQUACULTURE Global moduct ion and growth Aquaculture, involving farming of a variety of freshwater and marine species of finfish, shellfish, molluscs, and ornamental fishes, is a rapidly growing global industry with a broad range of technological and managerial practices. In 1990 (ref. l), world aquaculture reached 15.3 million metric tons (MT), or 12.1 million MT, if aquatic plants were excluded. This is more