Aquaculture for all

People & planet

Colder Water Makes Salmon Happier

Health Welfare Salmonids

Previous studies have shown that higher sea temperatures tend to reduce both appetite and growth rates in farmed salmon. A recent NIFES study has demonstrated that salmon grow better at lower temperatures than was previously believed.

Feed Study Examines Effects Of Fishmeal Storage

Nutrition Husbandry

A study led by Dong-Fang Deng, Oceanic Institute, Hawaii, USA has investigated the effects of storage temperature and duration on the quality of finished fishmeal fed to juvenile shrimp. Results found that although the fishmeals stored at 30 had less crude pro…