Recent advances and future directions in practical diet formulation and adoption in tropical Palinurid lobster aquaculture

Abstract The spiny lobsters Panulirus ornatus and homarus are important developing tropical aquaculture species, with high demand limited supply. established industry in Vietnam relies on wild‐caught mixed seafood bycatch as feed, a practice linked to water quality degradation potentially disease proliferation lobster aquaculture, necessitating formulated feed development. emerging Indonesian Australian industries lack the crustacean mollusc component of used Vietnam, increasing need for manufactured feeds. development such feeds is reliant knowledge nutrient requirements, ingredient quality, physical link between feeding behaviour methods. This review will elaborate these areas date outline two main reference diet recipes that available basis future research. Research has focused recipe be consumed supports adequate growth rather than steering commercial least‐cost formulation practices. Future research clearly needed inform formulation, but equally an understanding disparate farming their drivers adoption required ensure applied. require engagement throughout supply chain implementable address farmer perception toward Technical aspects manufacture scale‐up developments critical results, while validation through semi‐commercial benchmarks demonstration farm models expected increase uptake developed