Growth, production and fin damage in cage-held 0+ Atlantic salmon pre-smolts (Salmo salar L.) fed either a) on-demand, or b) to a fixed satiation-restriction regime: Data from a commercial farm

Aquaculture

Volumn 275, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 163-168

  Noble, Chris ^a,b   Kadri, Sunil ^a,c   Mitchell, David F ^a,d   Huntingford, Felicity A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Aquaculture Innovation   (United Kingdom)

^d Huon Aquaculture Company Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; FCR; Feeding regime; Fin damage; Growth; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CAGE CULTURE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOLT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 40849135989     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.12.028     Document Type: Article

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