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This chapter reviews the importance of the European cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, as a potential species for aquaculture and its applications. It provides an overview of cuttlefish culture, its current state of art and future trends. Present cuttlefish culture-related research and recently developed technologies are described. This includes a description of the culture systems for the different life stages, broodstock and egg acclimatization to captivity and management, hatchlings, juvenile and adult-rearing methodologies. Values of fecundity and fertility obtained in different culture conditions (variables include tanks, stocking densities, sex ratios and food); a characterization of different types of cuttlefish egg morphology; growth rates, mortality, feeding rates and food conversions at the hatchling and juvenile stages (including live, frozen and artificial diets); and a comparison between different growout setups are presented. Finally, current bottlenecks are enumerated, prospects for future research are suggested and an overview of whole animal use by the industry is given.
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Sykes, A., Domingues, P., Andrade, J. (2014). Sepia officinalis . In: Iglesias, J., Fuentes, L., Villanueva, R. (eds) Cephalopod Culture. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8648-5_11
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