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| Besson, Mathieu; Komen, H; Vandeputte, Marc; Aubin, Joel; De Boer, I J M; Van Arendonk, J A M. |
| The aim of fish breeding is to increase profit by producing faster growing fish with lower feed intake. However, little is known about the economic and environmental impacts of selective breeding programs for fish. We modelled a fish farm producing African catfish in a Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) to calculate economic values of growth rate and feed efficiency with production limited by fish density in rearing tanks and fish nitrogen emission. We also calculated “environmental values” with Life Cycle Assessment. The economic and environmental values of growth rate and feed efficiency depended on the limiting factor. When nitrogen was the limiting factor, economic and environmental values of growth rate were zero. But, on the other hand, feed... |
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Palavras-chave: Economic values; Environmental impacts; Fish farming. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00205/31641/30046.pdf |
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| Besson, M.; Komen, H.; Aubin, J.; De Boer, I. J. M.; Poelman, M.; Quillet, Edwige; Vancoillie, C.; Vandeputte, Marc; Van Arendonk, J A M. |
| In fish farming, economic values (EV) of breeding goal traits are lacking, even though they are key parameters when defining selection objectives. The aim of this study was to develop a bioeconomic model to estimate EV of 2 traits representing production performances in fish farming: the thermal growth coefficient (TGC) and the feed conversion ratio (FCR). This approach was applied to a farm producing African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). In the RAS, 2 factors could limit production level: the nitrogen treatment capacity of the biofilter or the fish density in rearing tanks at harvest. Profit calculation includes revenue from fish sales, cost of juveniles, cost of feed, cost of waste water treatment, and fixed... |
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Palavras-chave: Economic values; Feed conversion ratio; Fish farming; Recirculating aquaculture system; Selective breeding; Thermal growth coefficient. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00245/35593/34277.pdf |
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