Nutrition

The F3 – Future of Fish Feed* will convene a panel of aquaculture investors who will discuss their areas of interest, investing approaches, and favourite up-and-coming alternative ingredients.

“Rabbitfish have amazing potential for small-scale sustainable aquaculture across the tropics: they are easy to grow have high local demand and they are herbivorous and feed on a variety of freely-available feeds.”

Instead of treating and discarding wastewater from food processing, Mark Rottmann, CEO of iCell Aqua, is integrating it with RAS – bringing the industry closer to achieving zero-waste and fully circular protein productio…

The first trials to examine the use of mussel meal instead of fish meal in tiger prawn diets are currently being conducted in Australia, in a bid to improve the sustainability - and palatability - of prawn feeds.

China’s fish farming industry is braced for a rise in feed prices, as power outages have forced soybean crushing plants to close.

A new $9.8 million aquaculture research centre is being developed at Deakin University in order to produce novel feed ingredients for the industry.

The US soy farming sector has reinforced its “commitment to shaping a growing and sustainable aquaculture industry” through assembling a new Global Aquaculture Industry Advisory Council with representatives from academia…

BioMar, has expressed its belief in the growth of Ecuador's shrimp farming sector by launching an ambitious plan to ramp up production of shrimp feed from its mill in Guayaquil to 200,000 tonnes a year.

Scoular, one of the world’s largest feed ingredient suppliers, has launched a new fishmeal brand – called Encompass – as it seeks to aggressively expand in the aquafeed sector.

The aquaculture industry must continue in its quest to become more sustainable, with greater use of seaweeds in aquafeeds and production of herbivorous fish among two of the most promising avenues to achieve this.

Wanyama Pascal is manager of Bayrise Fish Farm on Lake Victoria, Kenya – a tilapia farm with the capacity to produce nearly 400 tonnes a year.

BioMar has produced over 1 million tonnes of aquafeeds that contain microalgae, rather than fish oil, as the major source of omega-3 oils.

With more than a decade of experience in shrimp aquaculture, Iwan Sumantri is spearheading the development of the Millennial Shrimp Farming project in Jepara, Indonesia while simultaneously training the next generation o…

A review of the latest scientific studies by Alune* suggests that fish meal inclusion in shrimp feeds can be significantly reduced, offering hope for a more sustainable shrimp farming sector.

Major feed companies and producers discuss emerging trends in fish-free feeds in China

The ASC has launched a public consultation on ways to improve the welfare of farmed fish – covering issues including water quality, stocking density and slaughter methods.

Jack James, founder and CEO of Pontus Research*, talks about his company’s new Singapore operation, the challenges of founding a business, and how the aquaculture sector can help to revitalise post-industrial Wales.

Research into the use of seaweed in salmon feeds is due to be given a boost following an agreement between Cermaq and Folla Alger.

A €1.3 million project that aims to accelerate the development of sustainable feeds for the future of farmed salmon has been launched this morning.