%0 Journal Article %A V. Vassiliou and M. Charalambides and M. Menicou %D 2013 %J International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 75, 2013 %T Minimizing Fish-feed Loss due to Sea Currents: An Economic Methodology %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/11220 %V 75 %X Fish-feed is a major cost component of operating expenses for any aquaculture farm. Due to soaring prices of fish-feed ingredients, the need for better feeding schedule management has become imperative. On such factor that influences the utilization rate of fish-feed are sea currents. Up to now, practical monitoring of fishfeed loss due to sea currents is not exercised. This paper gives a description of an economic methodology that aims at quantifying the amount of fish-feed lost due to sea currents and draws on data from a Mediterranean aquaculture farm to formulate the associated model. %P 170 - 176