Do delivery rate and pellet size affect growth rate in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) raised under semi-commercial farming conditions?

Aquaculture

Volumn 224, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 79-88

  Bailey, Jason ^a   Alanädä, Anders ^a   Crampton, Viv ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CARGILL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Feed delivery rate; Feed management; Feeding intensity; Pellet size; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; SALMONID CULTURE;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0038587599     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00208-4     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Alanärä, A., 1992. Demand feeding as a self-regulating feeding system for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in net-pens. Aquaculture 108, 347-356.
2. Alanärä, A., 1994. The effect of temperature, dietary energy content and reward level on the demand feeding activity of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquaculture 126, 349-359.
3. Alanärä, A., Kadri, S., Paspatis, M., 2001. Feeding management. In: Houlihan, D.F., Boujard, T., Jobling, M. (Eds.), Feed Intake in Fish. Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 332-353.
4. Bailey, J., Alanärä, A., 2003. Energy requirements and feeding behaviour of salmonids in culture. Ph.D. Thesis, Paper IV. Bailey, J. and Alanärä, A. Effect of feed portion size on growth of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), reared at different temperatures.
5. Brett, J.R., 1969. Temperature and fish. Chesapeake Science 10, 274-276.
6. Cho, C.Y., 1990. Fish nutrition, feeds, and feeding with special emphasis on salmonid aquaculture. Food Reviews International 6, 333-357.
7. Cho, C.Y., 1992. Feeding system for rainbow trout and other salmonids with reference to current estimates of energy and protein requirements. Aquaculture 100, 107-123.
8. Elliott, J.M., 1975. Number of meals in a day, maximum weight of food consumed in a day and maximum rate of feeding for brown trout, Salmo trutta L. Freshwater Biology 5, 287-303.
9. Grant, J.W.A., 1993. Whether or not to defend? The influence of resource distribution. Marine Behaviour and Physiology 23, 137-153.
10. Grayton, B.D., Beamish, F.W.H., 1977. Effects of feeding frequency on food intake, growth and body composition of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Aquaculture 11, 159-172.
11. Jobling, M., 1983. Effect of feeding frequency on food intake and growth of Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus L. Journal of Fish Biology 23, 177-185.
12. Johansen, S.-J.S., Jobling, M., 1998. The influence of feeding regime on growth and slaughter traits of cage-reared Atlantic salmon. Aquaculture International 6, 1-17.
13. Juell, J.E., Bjordal, Å., Fernö, A., Huse, I., 1994. Effect of feeding intensity on food intake and growth of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in sea cages. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management 25, 453-464.
14. Linnér, J., Brännäs, E., 1994. Behavioral response to commercial food of different sizes and self-initiated food size selection by Arctic char. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 123, 416-422.
15. Rimmer, D.M., Saunders, R.L., Paim, U., 1985. Effects of temperature and season on the position holding performance of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Canadian Journal of Zoology 63, 92-96.
16. Simpson, A.L., Metcalfe, N.B., Huntingford, F.A., Thorpe, J.E., 1996. Pronounced seasonal differences in appetite in Atlantic salmon parr, Salmo salar: effects of nutritional state and life history strategy. Functional Ecology 10, 760-767.
17. Smith, I.P., Metcalfe, N.B., Huntingford, F.A., 1995. The effect of pellct size dimensions on feeding responses by Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in a marine net pen. Aquaculture 130, 167-175.
18. Stradmeyer, L., Metcalf, N.B., Thorpe, J.E., 1988. Effect of food pellet shape and texture on the feeding response of juvenile Atlantic salmon. Aquaculture 73, 217-228.
19. Sveier, H., Lied, E., 1998. The effect of feeding regime on growth, feed utilisation and weight dispersion in large Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) reared in seawater. Aquaculture 165, 333-345.
20. Tabachek, J.L., 1988. The effect of feed particle size on the growth and feed efficiency of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus L). Aquaculture 71, 319-330.
21. Tang, M., Boisclair, D., 1995. Relationship between respiration rate of juvenile brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), water temperature, and swimming characteristics. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 52, 2138-2145.
22. Wankowski, J.W.J., 1979. Morphological limitations, prey size selectivity, and growth response of juvenile Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Journal of Fish Biology 14, 89-100.
23. Webb, P.W., 1978. Temperature effects on acceleration of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 35, 1417-1422.
24. Wootton, R.J., 1991. Feeding. In: Wootton, R.J. (Ed.), Ecology of Teleost Fishes. Chapman & Hall, London, pp. 32-72.