Date of Award

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Natural Sciences

First Advisor

Gilchrist, Sandra

Keywords

Sustainable Aquaculture, Pacific White Shrimp, Alternative Diets

Area of Concentration

Marine Biology

Abstract

Shrimp aquaculture is a growing industry with many related environmental impacts. One such impact is the harvest of wild fish stocks for the production of aquaculture feed ingredients (fish meal and fish oil) to feed shrimp raised in aquaculture systems. Alternative feeds are being developed using alternative plant-based protein and lipid sources. However, despite progress in reducing marine-based resources for the main protein source in alternative feeds, the requirement of attractants in the diets of Pacific white shrimp maintains dependence on wild fish stocks. The current research examines the role of attractants in plant-based diets by conducting growth trials with Pacific white shrimp to determine whether the presence of attractant effects growth rates. The results of the growth trials were inconclusive, with the experimental diet containing attractant out-performing the experimental diet without attractant in only one of the trials. Further research is needed in this area of aquaculture research to assist in reducing the dependence of the aquaculture industry on limited wild fish supplies.

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