The growing demand for fish products and the dwindling productivity of marine fish stocks
due to the overexploitation of fisheries place the aquaculture industry as a key contributor to …

Sea cucumbers are a group of economically important invertebrate marine animals that
have been widely used as tonic foods in Asia countries. Various bioactive compounds in sea …

Sea cucumbers and sea urchins are promising candidates for aquaculture since they are
high market value and low-trophic organisms. However, although they often co-exist in many …

ABSTRACT The New Zealand aquaculture industry is based primarily on the production of
Greenshell™ mussels, Chinook salmon and Pacific oysters. The industry is primed for …

There is significant commercial and research interest in the application of sea cucumbers as
nutrient recyclers and processors of particulate waste in polyculture or integrated …

Filter-feeding mussels blend suspended particles into faeces and pseudo-faeces enhancing
organic matter flows between the water column and the bottom, and strengthening benthic …

The performance of deposit feeders in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) was
analysed through the application of mathematical models. Loading of organic particulates to …

Powdered algae is an essential ingredient in the artificial diet of the sea cucumber
Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka) in aquaculture systems. In this study, growth …

The plummeting productivity of marine resources complemented by a growing demand for
fish and its products makes the intensification of aquaculture systems inevitable. Such …

An understanding of the feeding and digestive capabilities of juvenile sea cucumbers is an
important step for their aquaculture development. The feeding behaviour, food selectivity …