Application of food waste based diets in polyculture of low trophic level fish: Effects on fish growth, water quality and plankton density

Wing Yin Mo, Zhang Cheng, Wai Ming Choi, Yu Bon Man, Yihui Liu, Ming Hung Wong*

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Abstract

Food waste was collected from local hotels and fish feed pellets were produced for a 6 months long field feeding trial. Three types of fish feed pellets (control diet: Jinfeng® 613 formulated feed, contains mainly fish meal, plant product and fish oil; Diet A: food waste based diet without meat and 53% cereal; Diet B: food waste based diet with 25% meat and 28% cereal) were used in polyculture fish ponds to investigate the growth of fish (grass carp, bighead and mud carp), changes in water quality and plankton density. No significant differences in the levels of nitrogen and phosphorous compounds of water body were observed between 3 fish ponds after the half-year feeding trial, while pond receiving Diet A had the highest density of plankton. The food waste combination of Diet B seems to be a better formulation in terms of the overall performance on fish growth.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)803-809
Number of pages7
JournalMarine Pollution Bulletin
Volume85
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Aug 2014

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Oceanography
  • Aquatic Science
  • Pollution

User-Defined Keywords

  • Fish feed pellets
  • Fish growth
  • Food waste
  • Plankton
  • Polyculture
  • Water quality

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