Preliminary evaluation of protein requirements of Dover sole (Solea solea) juveniles

• Main Authors: E. D'Agaro, D. Lanari
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
• Series: Italian Journal of Animal Science
• Subjects: solea, fingerlings, protein, requirements
• Online Access: http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/886

The introduction of new species in aquaculture requires a research support in order to establish nutrient requirements, optimal environmental conditions and rearing techniques. Common sole is a fish well known in the European market and the interest in farming has been stimulated largely by the desire for the existing marine fish farming industry to diversity (Howell, 1997). This species proved relatively easy to rear through the larval stages and many scientific papers have considered this topic. On the contrary, the knowledge concerning feed formulation for the juvenile and ongrowing stages are quite limited and data on growth rate of juveniles with artificial diets are scarce (Day et al. 1997). The present research was performed in order to gather a first set of information on protein requirements of this species.