Fisheries

Assessing the potential for low cost formulated diets for mud crab aquaculture in Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam

Overview

This project aimed to commence diet development research for mud crabs in Australia, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Mud crab farming is well established throughout South-East Asia with most mud crab farmers using trash fish, bivalve meats or animal by-products as feeds. This traditional feeding practice is unsustainable and the development of low-cost, formulated diets for grow-out is viewed as a priority research issue.

Project outcomes

Evaluated the potential of formulated feeds to replace traditional diets used in mud crab aquaculture.
Determined critical nutritional requirements and evaluate key feed ingredients.
Formulated and evaluate improved mud crab diets.