Shishir Kumar Nandi

1 Introduction The aquaculture industry has emerged as a highly promising sector, providing a sustainable solution to meet the rising global demand for fish and seafood while safeguarding the long-term viability of aquatic resources (Mukhtar et al. 2025). In 2020, the worldwide aquaculture production achieved an unprecedented milestone, surpassing all previous records, with an impressive output of 122.6 Mt and a total worth of $281.5 billion (FAO 2022).

This study investigated the impacts of various inclusion levels of dietary potential of fish protein hydrolysate (FPH) on the growth and reproductive performance, biochemical composition, blood parameters, and liver histology of Ompok pabda broodstock. About 600 pabda broods (11.00 ± 0.05 g) were distributed into 12 cages and fed twice in a day. For this, four experimental diets (crude protein: 30%; crude lipid: 9%) were prepared by incorporating FPH at different percentages (0%, 5%, 7%, and 9%).

Open AccessArticle by Afrina Yeasmin Suma 1, Shishir Kumar Nandi 1, Zulhisyam Abdul Kari 2,3,*, Khang Wen Goh 4, Lee Seong Wei 2,3, Albaris B.