Feed Developments in Mariculture

The development of mariculture has experienced four waves: the algal culture wave in the 1950s, shrimp cultivation wave in the 1970s, the shellfish farming wave in the 1980s, and fish farming wave. This chapter explores the successful development of mariculture feeds in China. It includes the following aspects: importance of mariculture feeds; history of mariculture feed development; current status of mariculture feeds; typical cases of mariculture feeds; factors contributing to the success of feed development. The demand for food proteins, including marine fish, increased with the global population explosion. There are two main reasons for the low usage rate of marine fish feeds. The first is the wide range of species cultured and the lack of systematic nutrition research on many cultured species. Second, policy developments and related legal systems have lagged behind.