A new project involving the University of Stirling and the Denis Brinicombe Group aims at helping combat resistance to existing salmon delousing treatments and discovering how novel feed ingredients can substantially improve aquatic animal health and reduce dependence upon medicinal and other non-medicinal treatments.
Cefas and the University of Exeter scientists present a novel concept that acknowledges that all organisms are in fact complex communities of viruses, microbes and other small organisms (e.g. parasites) that can interact to affect health or disease status at any given time.
Study finds that the existing feeds meet the nutritional needs of juvenile yellowtail kingfish to produce choline, putting the industry on a strong sustainability footing.
The co-founder of The Kampachi Company, Neil Anthony Sims, has stepped back from active involvement with the King Kampachi producer to focus on next generation, “over-the-horizon” technologies at the research facility in Kona, Hawaii
The purpose of FEED-X is to remove the barriers to sustainably fed, affordable food by 2030 through fast-tracking the scaling up of sustainable innovations in the sector. Finalists will be presenting their innovations to a diverse panel of judges; the finalists will be announced during an awards ceremony the same day.During the next phase, the finalists will have the opportunity to test their products or innovations with lead partner Skretting, through the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre.
New technology offers the aquaculture industry a way to turn a profit from fish sludge and uneaten fish food – while getting rid of their waste in a sustainable way.
CP Foods’ received a total of 20 outstanding awards for Safety, Occupational Health and Work Environment from Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labour. The national awards are given annually to workplaces with exceptional safety performance as well as having clear and proactive measures to prevent accident in operations.
Scottish Sea Farms is leading a second applied research project on increasing understanding of gill health in farmed salmon with BioMar, the University of Aberdeen and the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC).
Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University has established an aquafeed extrusion mill at Muttukadu, Tamil Nadu, to produce cost effective local feeds for tilapia and pangasius and State Referral Laboratory for Fish Feed Testing and Quality Certification.
Recent devastating fires in the Amazon raise concerns for the use of Brazilian sourced soy in aquafeeds
Development of marine aquaculture in Denmark has been dealt a blow by the Danish Government. In an announcement this week, Environment Minister, Lea Wermelin said that to protect the environment, there would be no new marine fish farms or expansion to existing ones.
The Future of Fish Feed (F3) third contest—F3 Challenge – Carnivore Edition—is now open to companies that produce and sell “fish-free” feed for farm-raised carnivorous species. The sales contest will award $35K prizes for salmonids, shrimp, other carnivorous species
The company has partnered with White Dog Labs to secure access to single-cell protein as a sustainable option to reduce the use of fishmeal. The company plans to begin offering it in salmon feed.
Aller Aqua and marine ingredients producer TripleNine have entered a research collaboration to identify functional components of marine raw materials that benefit fish health and growth. Feeding trials on selected fish species will be conducted at Aller Aqua Research.
We need to design systems that utilize sunlight for primary production in the upper plankton layers of the oceans through production of feeds through phytoplankton, micro- and macro-algae, zooplankton and marine bacteria.
In partnership with BioMar, the Salmon Group has tailor-made a new feed that is lower in environmental toxins and will reduce the carbon footprint by 20%.
Australian yellow kingfish producer, Clean Seas, maintains that the feed supplied from December 2008 to July 2012 by Gibson’s Limited, trading as Skretting Australia, was taurine deficient.
