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