Table 3.

Meagre juvenile whole-body proximal composition at the beginning and end of the experimental trial which tested three different diets with different incorporations of insect meal (IM).

	Control	Ins10	Ins20
Protein (%)
Initial	65.9 ± 0.9	65.9 ± 0.9	65.9 ± 0.9
Final	62.3 ± 2.3	63.6 ± 1.0	64.7 ± 1.7
Lipids (%)
Initial	10.8 ± 0.1	10.8 ± 0.1	10.8 ± 0.1
Final	18.2 ± 0.7	17.8 ± 1.2	17.4 ± 0.4
Ash (%)
Initial	16.8 ± 0.1	16.8 ± 0.1	16.8 ± 0.1
Final	14.7 ± 0.8	15.9 ± 1.7	15.3 ± 1.2
Dry matter (%)
Initial	24.6 ± 0.1	24.6 ± 0.1	24.6 ± 0.1
Final	26.0 ± 0.2	25.9 ± 1.0	26.2 ± 1.2
Energy (kj/g)
Initial	19.4 ± 0.2	19.4 ± 0.2	19.4 ± 0.2
Final	20.5 ± 0.2	20.5 ± 0.4	20.9 ± 0.3

Control had no IM, Ins10 had 10% IM incorporation in the diet, and Ins20 had 20% IM incorporation in the diet. The values are the mean and standard deviation.