Large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea is one of the most successful
marine fish culture operations in terms of the number of juveniles
produced and commercial size fish production annually in China (Liu
et al., 2008). The production of this farmed species was more than
120,000 metric tons in 2014 (China Fishery Statistical Yearbook,
2015). However, chopped or minced trash fish is still the major diet
for large yellow croaker, which brought about resource waste and
water pollution. Increased demands and limited supply led to the
expensiveness of fish meal (Hardy, 2010), which caused higher cost
and less market share of formulated feed compared with trash fish.
Therefore, replacing some of the fish meal by plant protein ingredients