“…In addition, protein (amino acid [AA]) and lipid (fatty acids [FA]) content of these MA do not satisfy the requirements of abalone (Mai, Mercer, & Donlon, , ; Uki, Sugiura, & Watanabe, ). The poor growth performance of abalone fed a single MA, U. pinnatifida (Ansary, Baek, et al, ; Ansary et al, , ; Baek et al, ; Choi et al, ; Jang et al, ) or S. japonica (Garcia‐esquivel & Felbeck, ; Jung et al, ; Myung et al, ) compared to a nutrition‐balanced diet has been reported. Since these MA are one of the most expensive ($US 3–4/kg) feed components in formulating commercial abalone diet (Jang et al, ) and their market prices have recently increased sharply due to high demand for expanded abalone aquaculture and human consumption, development of alternative source for MA is highly needed in abalone feed.…”