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Recovery of omega-3 profiles of cultivated abalone by dietary macroalgae supplementation

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Formulated feeds for cultivated abalone have received considerable attention to improve the feeding costs, efficiency and productivity of the growing cultivated abalone industry in Australia. Less attention has been given to the resulting quality of the seafood product from formulated feeds and the effect of the reduction of marine ingredients in these feeds. Marine n-3 fatty acids are particularly important nutritional factors of seafood that are lacking from feed ingredients at the base of the aquaculture production chain. Considering that this important category of nutrients is already deficient in the western diet, further erosion through cultivated seafood products is of concern. This study tested the effect of three diet categories on the fatty acid profiles of commercially farmed abalone. Two commercial formulated feeds, Ulva spp. macroalgae, and combinations of the formulated feeds and macroalgae were fed to six replicate baskets of 20 abalone (~62 mm) for 12 months in Victoria, Australia. The macroalgae diets represented overall lower fatty acid content, including eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA), but higher relative amounts of alpha linolenic acid (ALA) and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), than the formulated feeds. The total lipid content of abalone tissue did not vary substantially across diet categories; however, the ratio of n-6:n-3 fatty acids decreased incrementally with the increasing macroalgae content in the diet and by a factor of two with a 100 % macroalgae diet. Also, equal or higher content of all important long chain n-3 fatty acids was achieved with a macroalgae diet despite the lower dietary content of some of these fatty acids. Marine fatty acid-deplete aquaculture feeds can result in decreased n-3 fatty acid content in the abalone tissue. The inclusion of macroalgae in the diet of abalone can offset this reduction.

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Acknowledgments

Financial support came from the Department of Environment and Primary Industries, through Fisheries Victoria and the Aquaculture Futures Initiative. Additional financial support was also provided by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. The authors wish to thank Anton Krsinich, Adam Clarke, Ashley Carrol and staff at Great Southern Waters for the access to facilities, the supply of abalone for trials and their assistance during trials. Peter Lillie and staff at Bay Sea Farms provided access to the site Mornington where trials were conducted and assisted us during the trial. Joel Scanlon of Adam & Amos (Mount Barker, S.A.) provided abalone feeds for the study. Karen Hermon (Deakin University) provided the technical support for laboratory analyses. The facilities and support provided by the Victorian Marine Science Consortium, Queenscliff, Vic, were also much appreciated.

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  1. Shoalhaven Marine and Freshwater Centre, Institute for Conservation Biology, University of Wollongong, Shoalhaven Campus, Nowra, NSW, 2541, Australia

    William J. Mulvaney & Pia C. Winberg

  2. Fisheries Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Marine and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute, Queenscliff, VIC, 3225, Australia

    Sam Jahangard & Brett A. Ingram

  3. School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Warrnambool, VIC, 3280, Australia

    Giovanni M. Turchini

  4. Venus Shell Systems Pty. Ltd., Nowra, NSW, 2541, Australia

    Pia C. Winberg

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Table 3 Fatty acid composition from the total lipid contents (%) of the experimental diets (mean ± SE, n = 6)
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Mulvaney, W.J., Jahangard, S., Ingram, B.A. et al. Recovery of omega-3 profiles of cultivated abalone by dietary macroalgae supplementation. J Appl Phycol 27, 2163–2171 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-015-0530-8

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