Nutrition

AquaShip has announced this morning that it has acquired the Norwegian fish feed delivery specialist Artic Shipping.

When it comes to what they put in their mouths, fish don’t share our squeamishness – which is why a project to produce fish feeds based on black soldier fly larvae seems like a fruitful endeavour. The…

Osmo Systems, a Silicon Valley-based startup that makes a new type of water quality sensor for the aquaculture industry, won the Innovation Award at the GOAL conference in Ecuador this week.

While biotechnology may draw mixed responses from consumers, producers and regulators around the world, it has a crucial role in ensuring the sustainable development of global aquaculture.

A project which aims to selectively breed feed-efficient lines of tilapia in order to improve the economic viability of aquaculture in areas where feed is expensive and scarce has recently been launch…

How adding lyso-phospholipids and bile salts to aquaculture feeds can improve the absorption efficiency of major nutrients, particularly lipids, by fish.

The secret source of live feeds for the production of larval shrimp and finfish was revealed at a conference in London today.

Trials of a new patented feed additive, derived from the sugarcane plant (Saccharum officinarum) suggest its ability to improve growth rates and feed conversion ratios in a number of commercially impo…

A type of fish feed designed to trigger the smoltification process in juvenile Atlantic salmon is on the cusp of receiving a patent following a four-year application process.

A strain of omega-3-rich GM canola, which could be used to help reduce the aquaculture industry’s reliance on fish oil in their feeds, has been approved for use by the United States Department of Agri…

Joana Amaral would like to use her 20+ years of experience in marine hatcheries to help encourage the complete replacement of live feed for larval finfish, a goal that she’s currently working on with …

The addition of Algar Agro plants in Uberlândia and Porto Franco enhances ADM’s position in important Brazilian meal and bottled oil markets

Lallemand has appointed two new aquaculture experts to join their nutrition teams in France in Vietnam respectively.

BioMar’s new AUS $56 million (£32 million) aquaculture feed mill in Tasmania has received final approval, heralding the start of a 14-month construction phase.

During his 45 years at Ardtoe Marine Laboratory Jon Sherwood – one of the unsung heroes of Scottish aquaculture – has been quietly involved in all manner of pioneering fish-farming projects

A new community development project has been launched to encourage Zambia’s tilapia farmers to operate more sustainably by using quality feed and fingerlings.

HATCH, the world´s first global aquaculture accelerator, is moving to Cork, Ireland, for its second cohort after a successful first one in Bergen earlier in 2018.

Due to concerns over the pollution they generate and the impact they have on local forage fish stocks and the fishermen who traditionally rely on them, in the last few weeks, fisheries representatives…

A new project investigating the use of camelina that has been genetically modified to contain high levels of long chain omega-3 fatty acids in salmon feed has been launched.

The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) has held the first meeting of its feed working group in Machala, Ecuador this month.