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Cultivation of the Mediterranean amberjack, Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810), in submerged cages in the Western Mediterranean Sea

2000

The growth rate, survival and food conversion ratio (FCR) of the Mediterranean amberjack (Seriola dumerili, Risso, 1810) was ascertained in cultivation using submerged net cages in the Gulf of Castellammare (NW Sicily), from September to December 1994. Two net cages (volume = 75 m3) were placed at a depth of 10 m in a sheltered area 1000 m off the coast. Juveniles (mean total length = 141.4 ± 34 2 mm; mean total wet weight = 48 ± 28.1 g) were caught in the gulf under floating wreckage with a purse seine and transplanted to the cages (n = 800 per cage) in August. Fish in one cage, group A, were fed with fish scraps whilst fish in group B were fed with pellets The total length and body wet we…