Establishment of adequate Taurine levels for the weaning of the greate AMBERJACK (Seriola dumerili)

Abstract

The greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) is a marine fish with great consumer acceptance than can reach up to 2 kg in 18 months. However, seriola’s culture still face a series of bottlenecks that difficult a further expansion of this species aquaculture. Among them, the larval rearing phase faces great difficulties due to the limited bibliography of culture conditions and nutritional requirements, which produces a low quality of the juveniles, and therefore a limited market availability. Taurine is an essential nutrient for larval development and growth, mainly in carnivorous marine fish such as the greater amberjack (Djellata et al., 2022). However, there are no available data on dietary taurine supplementation during the weaning period of this species