Microencapsulated diets to improve growth and survivorship in juvenile European flat oysters (Ostrea edulis).

ABSTRACT: Sustainable expansion of aquaculture is critical to global food security, and bivalve shellfish aquaculture represents a sustainable method to provide people with affordable nutritious food. Oysters represent 54% of the global bivalve market by value, with propagation of juveniles within hatcheries critical to allow the industry to grow. Growth and survival of juvenile oysters in hatchery systems is constrained by suboptimal feed. The live algal feed currently used is expensive, of variable quality, contamination prone, and the high level of skill and equipment required limits where hatcheries can be located. We demonstrate how a novel microencapsulated diet can increase the growth and survivorship of Ostrea edulis (European flat oyster) juveniles in both the laboratory and hatchery

SUBMITTER: Willer D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420816 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature