Nutrition

A panel of leading policymakers and researchers has emphasised the value of diverse aquatic foods as key components of sustainable healthy diets and as drivers of food security in the Global South.

An app designed to help aquaculture operators in the Philippines with their feeding regimes, fish health and to connect with suppliers, is being well received by the country’s farmers.

The latest in a series of webinars organised by the team behind the F3 Challenge, which is focusing on algae and seed oils in aquafeeds, will be live streaming on The Fish Site on 20 May.

An initiative to stabilise Nigeria’s aquaculture sector, following disruptions caused by Covid-19, has been launched by the US Government’s Feed the Future initiative.

Heidi Kuehnle, founder and CEO of Kuehnle AgroSystems, has developed an innovative, patented means for producing natural astaxanthin – one of the key ingredients in feeds for species including Atlantic salmon and vanname…

Poseidon Ocean Systems, ThisFish and Industrial Plankton receive honours at Aquaculture Innovation Awards in British Columbia.

Antarctic krill caught by Aker BioMarine are a green and sustainable alternative to soy and fishmeal in aquafeeds, according to the independent sustainability evaluator, Ciceo Shades of Green.

A webinar looking at how the shrimp sector can become more sustainable through the use of novel feed ingredients took place on 11 May.

The shrimp sector is set to benefit from the inclusion of insect-based ingredients in its feed, according to Maye Walraven, head of business development at InnovaFeed, who will shortly be taking part in a webinar on impr…

Plans to produce insect protein for the aquafeed sector from discarded airline food have been announced in Singapore today.

Solely focusing on fishmeal and fish oil replacement in aquafeeds may not yield long-term sustainability benefits, say researchers.

The Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (Cafan) has started distributing its own brand of fish feed “to take farmers out of bondage” with existing feed producers.

By identifying and eliminating production risks, Bangladesh’s pond aquaculture industry can become more efficient and remain on its current growth trajectory.

Plans to use natural gas to produce microbes that can be used as an alternative protein source for aquafeeds have been unveiled in Qatar this week.

The chance to learn about how to improve aquafeed formulation to cater for changing market demands in the Asia-Pacific region - featuring premium tech - will be discussed in a new webinar, which is due to be run by Bühle…

Tasmania’s salmon farming sector is subjected to a range of scathing criticism in a new book by Richard Flanagan.

Ÿnsect, one of the world’s leading producers of insect-derived protein for uses including the aquafeed sector, has branched out into the human food sector, with the acquisition of Protifarm.

The latest in a series of webinars organised by the team behind the F3 Challenge, which is focusing on single-cell and novel proteins in aquafeeds, will be accessible on The Fish Site on 15 April.

Erroneous claims by the makers of Seaspiracy about the weight of forage fish required in feed to make a kilo of farmed salmon are being removed by Neflix, following complaints by BioMar.

A growing body of research suggests that freshwater fish farms are more sustainable and could make greater contributions to food security than their seawater counterparts.