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Biological performance evaluation of tubular subsurface cage system for sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus, grow-out by in-situ tests

해상 실험에 의한 침하식 해삼 양성 기구의 생물학적 성능 평가

  • Oh, Moo-Hwan (SubOcean Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Kwon, Inyeong (Department of Fisheries Science, Graduate School, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Taeho (Division of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
  • Received : 2014.04.14
  • Accepted : 2014.05.25
  • Published : 2014.05.31
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Abstract

The sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus, is becoming an important aquaculture species in China, Japan and Korea. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the biological performance of a tubular type of subsurface cage for sea cucumber grow-out by in-situ tests. The cage structure was constructed of PP (polypropylene) frames and PP tubes (${\phi}130mm{\times}24pieces$). A set of tests were conducted at a depth of 15 m near Seosaeng, Ulsan, Korea for 295 days (23 July, 2012 to 13 May, 2013). A total of 155 sea cucumbers were used and fed a mixed diet containing mud, mineral, wheat, fish meal, etc (3% of their body weight). At the end of the experiments, sea cucumber showed a higher survival rate in feed shelter (77.14%) rather than no feed shelter (64.71%). The specific growth rate (SGR) of sea cucumbers in feed condition (0.04% $day^{-1}$) was higher than that of no feed culture animals (-0.49% $day^{-1}$) during total experimental periods. The result was able to find a no significance difference in survival rate but a significance difference in SGR under feed and no feed treatments.

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