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Efficiency in tropical marine finfish hatcheries: Enhancing new species development and boosting fully commercial operations for incremental survival and superior fry quality Marcell Boaventura, Filipe Pereira and Cuong Huynh Tran, ADM animal nutrition
Figure 1. Acid digestive protease (Pepsin) activity during early ontogeny of Mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) (Stieglitz et al., 2020). Mahimahi image courtesy of the University of Miami.
The progress of the global aquaculture industry depends on the availability of quality seeds; in commercial numbers, being able to sustain the increasing demand for high quality seafood. Make no mistake, this is no “light-bulb� moment where it all just came together for many professionals in aquaculture. However, the more we engage with hatcheries around the globe, the more we can see the true value and
payback obtained from elevating hatchery standards with practices connected to species and attention to details such as early trophic ontogeny, quality of live preys and early fry behavior. In this article, we will cover a few factors influencing efficiency in some of the best marine finfish hatcheries around the globe, and provide a practical outlook for implementation from a scientific point of view.
Hatchery Feed & Management Vol 8 Issue 1 2020
