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Alternative Feeds for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in an Aquaponics System

Island School Students
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ABSTRACT:

Students: William Brewer, Christine Brittain, Anna Carroll, Christopher Dorsa, Anneke Heher, Sarah Kistner, Connor Ventling Advisors: Thiago Soligo and Chelsea Stephen. Aquaculture is an alternative solution to reduce global reliance on wild fisheries. One of the most important problems facing aquaculture is the use of commercial feed, which is made up of fishmeal and fish oil. It is detrimental for the sustainability of aquaculture because it relies on wild fish stocks in order to feed farmed fish. The aquaponics system at Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) is the symbiotic cultivation of plants and aquatic animals in a re-circulating system. Currently the Tilapia in our system are being fed commercial feed containing fish meal and oil. The purpose of our study is identify a locally grown, sustainable feed for the farming of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in an aquaponics system.

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Keywords: aquaponics, feed alternatives, tilapia

Year: 2009

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