Local marine benthic copepod has the potential as an alternative to our dependency on Artemia and Rotifer in larviculture industry. Laboratory and hatchery observation showed that copepods are the preferred and most adequate food for many marine fish and shrimp during their early larval stage. They are also preferred diet for seahorse and horseshoe crab larvae.
Significance of local copepods:
· Minimize the limitation in live feed culture technology
· An innovation for large scale culture
· Support diet requirement of marine fish and shrimp larvae
· Increase survival rate of fish and shrimp larvae
· High yield of live feed
· Minimize the fry production cost
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