Development of a water-stable agar-based diet for the supplementary feeding of cleaner fish ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) deployed within commercial Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar) net-pens

• Published in: Animal Feed Science and Technology
• Main Authors: Leclercq, Eric, Graham, Philip, Migaud, Herve
• Other Authors: J Sainsbury plc, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, orcid:0000-0002-5404-7512
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Agar; Biological control; Binder; Palatability; Supplementary feeding; Water stability; Ballan; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/22389; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2015.06.026; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/22389/1/RevisedMS-ANIFEE%20-15-6195-R3-UNMARKED%20%281%29.pdf

The aim of this project was to develop a water-stable and palatable diet for the supplementary feeding of wrasse deployed in salmon sea-pens using a gelling agent mixed with a manufactured dry-feed component. Three binders (gelatine from cold water fish skin, beef gelatin and agar-agar) were compare...