Phycogel For Shrimp and Fish

PHYCOGEL. Over 50% of the operating costs in an intensive fish aquaculture are related to the fish feeding. This led to research, in recent decades, for new sources of aquaculture nutrients, especially on terrestrial plants as legumes and oilseed crops. Seaweeds are a natural alternative to soybean for fish diets, presenting economic and nutritional advantages. In short, it was discovered that using seaweed meals as supplement to fish diets enhance the growth, lipid metabolism, physiological activity, stress response, disease resistance and carcass quality of various fish species. The advantages range from growth and development rates, disease resistance, financial gain and even ecological preservation.