The mass cultivation of Ecklonia stolonifera Okamura as a summer feed for the abalone industry in Korea |
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Authors: | Eun Kyoung Hwang Jae Min Baek Chan Sun Park |
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Institution: | (1) Seaweed Research Center, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Mokpo, 530-831, Korea;(2) Department of Marine and Fisheries Resources, Mokpo National University, Jeonnam, 534-729, Korea |
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Abstract: | The mass cultivation of Ecklonia stolonifera Okamura was studied as a possible summer feed for the abalone industry in Korea for the period between August and November
when Undaria and Laminaria are not available. Experiments were conducted to investigate the optimal conditions for artificial seed production and mass
cultivation of this species. Seedlings of E. stolonifera were reared in an indoor tank for 60 days until they were around 500 μm in length. Following indoor tank culture, the seedlings
were transferred in situ to a nursery culture area for 2 months, before begin transferred to the main grow-out area. The maximum growth and development
of young thalli in nursery culture area occurred at 2 m depth, whilst maximum growth of thalli in the main culture area occured
at 1.5 m depth. Production of E. stolonifera was between 3 and 9 kg wet wt. m−1 in the first year of culture after seeding and 12 to 13 kg wet wt. m−1 in the second year of culture, after management (depth control and fouling organism removal, etc.) of the holdfast. The relationship
between optimal water depth for culture and underwater irradiance during the E. stolonifera cultivation was defined as: y = −0.331x + 8.198 (r
2 = 0.9903). The growth rates achieved in this trial indicate that E. stolonifera cultures could produce sufficient biomass to supply summer feed for the Korean abalone industry. |
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