The Value of Krill Meal in Salmon Starter Diets
- Authors: A.J. Roem and M.S. Kelley
- Pub. no.: AN-14
- Year: 1991
- No. pages: 6
- Price: $2.00 US
Description
This study determined that because krill meal enhances feeding activity, it can be a good partial substitute for fish-meal-based commercial diets at colder temperatures. For chum salmon fry, feed containing some krill produces better growth, feed efficiency, and survival than a feed of all krill or no krill. While pink and chum salmon fry can be released immediately after yolk sac resorption, short-term feeding, coupled with release that coincides with high zooplankton concentrations, increases early marine survival and adult returns.
