“…Plant proteins are the most likely candidates because of their abundance and relatively low cost. However, upon substituting the fishmeal with plant protein ingredients reduced growth performance generally occurs in Atlantic salmon (Olli et al, 1995;Refstie et al, 1998;Storebakken et al, 1998;Carter & Hauler, 2000;Krogdahl et al, 2003;Opstvedt et al, 2003) as well as in other fish species of commercial interest such as Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua (von der Decken & Lied, 1993;Hansen et al, 2007), sea bream, Sparus aurata (Robaina et al, 1995;Gòmez-Requeni et al, 2004), rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Pongmaneerat & Watanabe, 1992;Gomes et al, 1995;Kaushik et al, 1995) and turbot, Psetta maxima (Regost et al, 1999;Fournier et al, 2004). Increased feed conversion ratio (FCR) and reduced protein utilization are of major concern when fishmeal is replaced with plant ingredients (Robaina et al, 1995;Refstie et al, 1998;Opstvedt et al, 2003).…”