Nutrition

Eco Clean Team is repurposing fish oils and processing them into surfactants, a key component in detergents and other cleaning products.

Researchers have demonstrated that omega-3 fatty acid DHA can limit the synthesis of melanin, a pigment that creates unwanted dark spots in farmed salmon fillets.

ADM has announced the opening of its Aquaculture Innovation Lab at the Animal Nutrition Technology Center (ANTC) in Decatur, Illinois – which aims to build on the company’s existing aquaculture research facilities in Bra…

Indian aquaculture company Kings Infra Venture Ltd has harvested L. vannamei shrimps weighing 80 grams and measuring 210 mm, setting a new pond-production growth record for the species.

The IFFO's latest analysis on marine ingredients shows that total cumulative production of fishmeal and fish oil from January to November 2021 is up 6 percent year-on-year.

A $2.5 million project by Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) aims to use carbon dioxide from a coal-fired power plant, combined with nutrients from wastewater treatment plants, to cultivate algae for animal fe…

Umitron has announced a collaboration with Japan's leading revolving sushi chain, Kura Sushi, by providing its cutting-edge fish feeders to the sushi firm’s aquaculture suppliers.

Updated sustainability metrics from the IFFO, the marine ingredients organisation, shows that the use of fish meal and fish oil is being optimised and being used at key points in aquaculture production cycles.

A short-term cod feeding trial indicates that the quality of wild fish around aquaculture sites is not harmed if they eat salmon pellets.

Indonesian aquatech start-up eFishery* today announced that it has successfully closed a US$90 million Series C funding round, making it the largest fundraise by an aquaculture technology startup in the world.

Some of the leading figures in Artemia research are planning to join forces and launch an International Artemia Aquaculture Consortium (IAAC) later this year.

Researchers in China caution that some commercial probiotics for the aquaculture industry may be mislabelled, and also contain cytotoxins and antibiotic resistance genes that can be passed to other organisms.

Emerging research from the University of Valencia finds that farmed fish are not very susceptible to being infected with the anisakis parasite.

Though insect protein startups are generating splashy headlines and bringing new players into the aquafeed industry, single-cell and microbial proteins might be a key feed component in the future.

Researchers at Stanford University have identified an innovative process for converting methane into a potential fish feed ingredient.

Adding microalgae T pseudonana (Thalassiosira pseudonana) to culture water can improve overall water quality, suppress vibrio levels and boost growth rates for intensively farmed whiteleg shrimp.

After successful early research at Belfast’s Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS), livestock farmers throughout the UK will trial seaweed supplements to reduce methane emissions from animals.

A recent feed trial has found that supplementing Nile tilapia diets with bakers’ yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) can change the fishes’ intestinal morphology, leading to improved nutrient uptake, immune respons…

Why optimal ionic composition and ratios in low salinity water and diet formulation is vital for the normal physiological functions of Penaeid shrimp.

A new study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) finds that inaction on climate change could hit global stocks of farmed fish and molluscs – reducing them by 16 percent by 2090.