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Applicability of Perinereis aibuhitensis Grube for fish waste removal from fish cages in Sanggou Bay, P. R. China

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The present study investigated the applicability of integrated polychaete-fish culture for fish waste removal to offset negative impact induced by organic benthic enrichment. A field study demonstrated that deposition rate was significantly higher underneath the fish farm than that in control area. The material settling under the farm was characterized by a high amount of fish feces (45%) and uneaten feed (27%). Both feeding rate (FR) and apparent digestibility rate (ADR) increased with decreasing body weight, as was indicated by significantly a higher rate observed for the groups containing smaller individuals in a lab study. The nutrient in fresh deposited material (De) was higher than that in sediments collected under the farm (Se), resulting in lower feces production but higher apparent digestibility rate for the De group as feeding rate was similar. Consequently, higher nutrient removal efficiency was observed in the De group. A mass balance approach indicated that approximately 400–500 individuals m−2 is required for removing all waste materials deposited underneath the fish farm, whereas abundance can be lower (about 300–350 individuals m−2) when only the fish waste needs to be removed. The results showed that a significant amount of waste had been accumulated in the fish cages in Sanggou Bay. The integration of fish with P. aibuhitensis seems promising for preventing organic pollution in the sediment and therefore is an effective strategy for mitigating negative effect of fish farms. Thus such integration can become a new IMTA (integrated multi-trophic aquaculture) model in Sanggou Bay.

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This study was supported by Primary Research & Development Plan of Shandong Province (2016GGF01068), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31302193, 41676147), Environment and Aquaculture Governance (CHN-2152, 13/0033), Public Funds of Key Laboratory of East China Sea & Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China (2013K06), the Special Scientific Research Funds for Central Non-profit Institutes, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institutes (20603022015017), and National Natural Science Foundation of China 41306117).

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    Jinghui Fang, Zengjie Jiang, Jianguang Fang, Yi Liu, Yaping Gao & Meirong Du

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Fang, J., Jiang, Z., Jansen, H.M. et al. Applicability of Perinereis aibuhitensis Grube for fish waste removal from fish cages in Sanggou Bay, P. R. China. J. Ocean Univ. China 16, 294–304 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-017-3256-1

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