A novel aquaculture feeding concept is exploiting the pond ecosystem to encourage farmed fish and shrimp to ingest naturally occurring food alongside feed – a system that has the potential to reduce both production costs and environmental impacts.
After 45 years in aquaculture, recently retired BioMar feed executive Niels Alsted speaks to The Fish Site about evolution of the aquaculture industry, the advantages of RAS and why insects are likely to remain an extremely niche raw material.
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. There’s only one problem: lead researcher Ike Olivotto is afrai…
