Growth Performance of Milkfish Fed Soy-Based Feed in Low Volume High Density Cages in Manjuyod Bay, Philippines
Category: Aquaculture
DownloadA feeding demonstration was conducted at Manjuyod Bay, Negros Oriental, Philippines to demonstrate the growth of milkfish (Chanos chanos) grown in low volume, high density (LVHD) cages using an ASA-IM formulated 34% protein, 6% fat (34/6) soy-based, extruded feed. Milkfish fingerings of about 28 g were stocked into three 27 m3 cages at 5,063 fish per cage. Fish in all cages were fed a soybean meal based, extruded feed (34/6) that was produced domestically in the Philippines. After 149 days of culture, fish reached an average size of 364 g with a gross average harvest of 1,758 kg/cage (65.1 kg/m3), an average survival of 95% and an average FCR of 1.86:1.