Open AccessReview on European sea bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax, Linnaeus, 1758) nutrition and feed management: a practical guide for optimizing feed formulation and farming protocols
Author(s) -
Kousoulaki K.,
Sæther B.S.,
Albrektsen S.,
Noble C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
aquaculture nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2095
pISSN - 1353-5773
DOI - 10.1111/anu.12233
Subject(s) - dicentrarchus , sea bass , aquaculture , biology , benchmarking , commercial fish feed , agriculture , fish farming , microbiology and biotechnology , fishery , fish meal , raw material , best practice , business , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , marketing , management , economics
As increasing amounts of novel raw materials are used in aquafeed production, it is important to measure their quality against existing ingredients and their effects upon production strategies. A first step to achieving this goal begins with an improved understanding of the underlying growth potential of each farmed species across a range of dietary ingredients and farming practices. Species‐specific physiological limitations and metabolic effects of both single chemicals and complex chemical matrixes are factors to be considered in producing robust fish and a healthy aquaculture sector. The industry must also consider ethical, environmental and economic issues and optimize feed management practices. This review summarizes current knowledge on European sea bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ) nutritional requirements, presents current feed management practices for this species, gives insights on a secure framework for using plant ingredients in exchange for traditional marine raw materials and outlines its growth potential through a meta‐analysis of the best‐performance results available in peer‐reviewed scientific publications for this species. As the best‐performing fish were mostly those fed high fish meal fish oil control diets, the summarized results have the potential to be used as a quality control for benchmarking future scientific research in this fish species.