461
24 Octopus vulgaris: Ongrowing
Noteworthy are the high rates of feed efficiency and digestibility of formulated diets,
with food conversion rates close to 1, both dry and semi-moist feeds. Future research should be aimed primarily at improving the formats to achieve better feeding
rates. Obviously, the environmental impact from inedible portion of natural diets
(carapaces from crustacean or spines, heads and tails from fish) for octopus rearing
in sea cages would be reduced with the formulated feed developed to date.
Acknowledgments This work was financed by the European Regional Development Fund
(POI07-001 FEDER project).
References
Aguado-Giménez F, García García B (2002) Growth and food intake models in Octopus vulgaris
Cuvier 1797): influence of body weight, temperature, sex and diet. Aquac Int 10(5):361–377
Aguado-Giménez F, Rueda FM, Egea MA, Hernández MD, Faraco F, García García B (2001)
Efecto de la temperatura sobre el transporte, estabulación y engorde de Octopus vulgaris Cuvier en el Mediterráneo Occidental. VII Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura, Las Palmas (Gran
Canaria), 19–21 May 1999. Serie Monografías del ICCM Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas ed(.) nº 4, pp 174–179
Fig. 24.2 Offshore experimental cage in the Mediterranean Sea. (García García et al. 2009)
24 Octopus vulgaris: Ongrowing
Noteworthy are the high rates of feed efficiency and digestibility of formulated diets,
with food conversion rates close to 1, both dry and semi-moist feeds. Future research should be aimed primarily at improving the formats to achieve better feeding
rates. Obviously, the environmental impact from inedible portion of natural diets
(carapaces from crustacean or spines, heads and tails from fish) for octopus rearing
in sea cages would be reduced with the formulated feed developed to date.
Acknowledgments This work was financed by the European Regional Development Fund
(POI07-001 FEDER project).
References
Aguado-Giménez F, García García B (2002) Growth and food intake models in Octopus vulgaris
Cuvier 1797): influence of body weight, temperature, sex and diet. Aquac Int 10(5):361–377
Aguado-Giménez F, Rueda FM, Egea MA, Hernández MD, Faraco F, García García B (2001)
Efecto de la temperatura sobre el transporte, estabulación y engorde de Octopus vulgaris Cuvier en el Mediterráneo Occidental. VII Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura, Las Palmas (Gran
Canaria), 19–21 May 1999. Serie Monografías del ICCM Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas ed(.) nº 4, pp 174–179
Fig. 24.2 Offshore experimental cage in the Mediterranean Sea. (García García et al. 2009)