| Table 14a and 14b. Feeding table using formulated feeds | |||||||||
| Table 14a. Intensive culture | |||||||||
| Life stage | Fish size (g) | Stocking density | Feed type | Feed size (mm) | Feeding rate (% body weight) | Feeding frequency (no./day) | |||
| Grower | 50�100 | 15-40 kg/m3 | Floating / Slow sinking | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 100�600 | 4�9 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 600�1 000 | 11 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| > 1 000 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Broodstock | 9�11 | 2�3 | 1 | ||||||
| Table 14b. Cage culture in Asia and Australia | |||||||||
| Country | Stocking density | Stocking size | Feed | Feeding rate (% body weight) | Frequency (meal/day) | Culture period (month) | Survival (%) | Harvest size (g) | FCR |
| Thailand | 40 individuals/m3 | 18 cm | Trash fish | 0 | 1 | 9 | 95.4 | 490 | |
| Singapore | 44 individuals/m3 | 80-100g | Trash fish, cooked rice bran and aquatic vegetation | 6�7 | 90 | 600 | 4.5 | ||
| Australia | 100 kg/m2 | 15 cm | Floating pellets | To satiation | 1 (winter); 2 (summer) | 8 to 24 | 350�600g to 2�3 kg | 1.6�1.8 | |
| Malaysia | 15�25 individuals/m3 | 2�3 inches | Trash fish | 1 | 6�8 | 500�600 | |||
| Philippines | Trash fish | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3.6 | ||||
| Thailand | 12�300 individuals/m3 | Trash fish | 2 | 12 | 80�95 | 1000 | 4�10 | ||
| Philippines (broodstock) | 1.25�1.65 individuals/m3 | 3�5 | |||||||
| Australia (broodstock) | 1 individuals/m3 | Trash fish, commercial bait fish (Sardinops neopilchardus) and vitamins | |||||||
| Data source: Buendia (1998) cited in Chua and Tech (2002) | |||||||||