FI:DP/GRE/85/002
Field Document 3
October 1987

GREECE
FISH FEED TECHNOLOGY AND FISH NUTRITION

TABLE OF CONTENTS



A report prepared for the project
Development of Marine and Inland Aquaculture in Greece


by


Allen J. Matty
Consultant


This report was prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1987


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION AND TERMS OF REFERENCE

2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

3. OBSERVATIONS

3.1 The Present Situation of Applied Research and Development in Fish Feeds/Nutrition in Greece

3.2 Types of Feed Best Suited for Various Farmed Species and Appropriate for Growth

3.3 The Species

3.3.1 Trout

3.3.2 Eel

3.3.3 Carp

3.3.4 Sea Bream

3.3.5 Sea Bass

3.3.6 Mullet

3.4 Pelleted Fish Feed Production

3.5 Silage

3.6 Larval Nutrition and Feeding

3.7 Feed Resources

3.8 Impact of Feed Cost and Quality on Production Economics

4. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4.1 Compounded Feeds

4.2 Silage

4.3 Mullet

4.4 Quality Control

Appendix 1: Itinerary

LIST OF FIGURES

1. Commercial catches in relation to total fish catches