1 NOVEMBER 1998
PROGRESS IN LIVE FOOD PRODUCTION AND USE IN FISH AND SHELLFISH HATCHERIES
P. Sorgeloos
Different species of microalgae, the rotifer, Brachionus spp., and the brine shrimp, Artemia spp., are essential live food in the farming of several species of molluscs (e.g. oyster, clam, scallop), crustaceans (e.g. marine shrimp, freshwater prawn, crabs) and fish (e.g. bass, bream, grouper, turbot, flounder, halibut, ayu). A brief overview is given of the latest developments in their production and use in industrial hatcheries.
(Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, University of Gent, Rozier 44, B-9000 Gent, Belgium)