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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, Mathieu; De Boer, I. J. M.; Vandeputte, Marc; Van Arendonk, J. A. M.; Quillet, E.; Komen, H.; Aubin, J.. |
| In sea cage fish farming, production quotas aim to constrain the impact of fish farming on the surrounding ecosystem. It is unknown how these quotas affect economic profitability and environmental impact of genetic improvement. We combined bioeconomic modelling with life cycle assessment (LCA) to calculate the economic (EV) and environmental (ENV) values of thermal growth coefficient (TGC) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of sea bass reared in sea cages, given four types of quota commonly used in Europe: annual production (Qprod), annual feed distributed (Qannual_ feed), standing stock (Qstock), and daily feed distributed (Qdaily_ feed). ENV were calculated for LCA impact categories climate change, eutrophication and acidification. ENV were expressed per... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49176.pdf |
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| Besson, Mathieu; Allal, Francois; Chatain, Beatrice; Vergnet, Alain; Clota, Frederic; Ferrari, Sebastien; Vandeputte, Marc. |
| We estimated genetic parameters of feed conversion ratio (FCR) and daily growth coefficient (DGC) using individual phenotypes measured in aquariums under a restricted feeding regime and genomic information on 2,722 SNP markers. The results showed a moderate heritability of both traits (0.26 for FCR and 0.41 for DGC) as well as close to unity negative genetic correlation between them. Thus, FCR of fish in aquariums could be improved by selecting fish for higher DGC. Nevertheless, these results must be taken with caution until we know whether individual FCR measured in aquariums also reflects the FCR of fish reared in groups. |
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Palavras-chave: Feed efficiency; Fish; Genomics. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00446/55756/57416.pdf |
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| Rodde, Charles; Vandeputte, Marc; Allal, Francois; Besson, Mathieu; Clota, Frederic; Vergnet, Alain; Benzie, John A. H.; De Verdal, Hugues. |
| Using breeding programs to improve feed efficiency, the ratio between fish body weight gain (BWG) and feed intake (FI), could increase aquaculture sustainability through reduced feed costs and environmental impact. To this end, individual phenotypic information is required. Individual FI can be measured by isolating each fish. Under these conditions, restricting the feeding rate has proved relevant to improve feed efficiency indirectly by selecting faster-growing animals. Moreover, a restricted feeding rate reduces the work load of collecting uneaten pellets after each meal. The approach assumes the most efficient fish at high and low feeding rates are the same, but this assumption remains untested. In European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), feed... |
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Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Individual rearing; Feed efficiency; Feeding rate; Fasting tolerance; Sea bass. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00654/76614/77767.pdf |
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| Besson, Mathieu; Komen, Hans; Rose, Gus; Vandeputte, Marc. |
| Background Most fish breeding programs aim at improving growth rate and include feed conversion ratio (FCR) neither in the breeding goal nor in the selection index, although decreasing FCR is known to increase farm profit and decrease environmental impacts. This is because FCR is difficult to measure in fish that live in groups and FCR is assumed to have a favourable (negative) genetic correlation with growth, although the magnitude of this correlation is unknown. We investigated the effect of the genetic correlation between growth and FCR on the economic and environmental responses of a two-trait breeding goal (growth and FCR), compared to a single-trait breeding goal (growth only). Next, we evaluated the weights to assign to growth and FCR in a two-trait... |
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| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00610/72195/70976.pdf |
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