Nutrition

A competition designed to accelerate the development and adoption of fishmeal and fish oil substitutes in aquafeeds has doubled its prize fund to $70,000 per category.

The limited knowledge of the nutritional requirements of the vast majority of the fish and crustacean species currently farmed today is one of the five biggest challenges currently facing aquafeed producers.

A facility capable of producing 100,000 tonnes of FeedKind protein a year is going to be established in a joint-venture between Adisseo and Calysta in China.

A new line dedicated to RAS and fry aquaculture feed production has been opened by BioMar in Denmark.

A new report is urging consumers to eat less farmed salmon in favour of more fish and shellfish that are lower down the foodchain.

Reduced catches of forage fish in Peru, Iceland and Denmark mean that the supply of fishmeal and fish oil fell between 2018 and 2019, while a slight upturn is expected in 2020.

High use of trimmings from fish processing combined with the use of novel feed ingredients have enabled BioMar to achieve an average fish in fish out (FIFO) ratio of 1:1 or below for the last five years.

A new meta-analysis exploring production data, 10 years of experimental results and scenario modelling suggests that the need to find novel replacements for fish oil in aquafeeds is much more urgent than the need to repl…

Salmon fat cells release lipid in different ways, based on the type of fat they have stored in their bodies, shedding new light on what happens in the cells during fasting.

The introduction of special feed blocks can give more controlled growth, increased survival and better overall health status of lumpfish in sea pens with Atlantic salmon compared to pelleted diets, according to new resea…

Despite vast natural water resources and increased production capacity, difficulties in sourcing raw materials and high up-front costs for producers keep Zambia’s aquaculture sector behind its neighbours.

An autonomous feeding system that decides when and how much to feed farmed fish has been unveiled by CageEye.

Initiatives including the increased use of insect meal in its feeds, the provision of training programmes for small aquaculture farmers in SE Asia and improving the sustainability of global reduction fisheries are among …

MealFood Europe, a Spanish producer of mealworm for sectors including the aquafeed industry, has closed a Series A1 funding round co-led by Caixa Capital Risc and Spanish Centre for Industrial Technological Development (…

In 2015 Virginia Emery decided to start growing insect larvae in her backyard. As she awaits ground to be broken on a 30,000 square foot, $3 million mealworm production facility, the CEO of Beta Hatch reflects on the gro…

Beta Hatch, a company industrialising the production of mealworms for feeds for the aquaculture and poultry sectors, has closed its series A1 funding.

New modelling techniques that measure the digestion dynamics of key nutrients can provide a systematic view of fish nutrition that’s applicable to multiple species and, in the process, help to unlock the potential of a r…

A strain of rainbow trout that is 10-15 percent more feed efficient is being developed by researchers at the University of Idaho.

iCell Sustainable Nutrition, which uses a patented process to convert nutrient-rich wastewater into an alternative to fishmeal, is looking to raise $50 million.

India’s shrimp sector needs to develop its own supplies of larval feed and seed stocks, according to a new report.