There are wide varieties of methods that can be used to process aquatic feeds. For examples, in early days the most common method to feed the fish was hand feeding of mixed, homeblended diets and t...
M illions of tones of fishmeal are used worldwide in all animal feeds each year, including aquaculture. The proportion of the world’s fishmeal used for aquaculture is estimated to reach 66 percent ...
Direct and indirect nutritional inputs, such as aquafeeds and fertilizers, into aquaculture production systems are key to sustaining, improving and optimising fish production.
The growth potential of animals in modern agricultural practices is five to 10 percent below genetic potential. This is evidenced by the work of Levs and Forbes (1959), who showed that animals rear...
Microalgae have been studied since the late 19th Century and approximately 40,000 freshwater and marine algal species have been identified. Cultured algal species account for barely 10 percent of t...
Since the beginning of this millennium the aquaculture industry has been steadily gaining in excellence, but its opportunities have not been reflected in an increase in overall production in the EU.
The use of phytobiotic feed additives in aquaculture has gained a steady increase since restrictions were implemented on the use of in-feed antibiotic growth promoters in the livestock industry.
Significant price increases have occurred during the past years for major aquafeed ingredients, including fishmeal, fish oil, vegetable proteins and fats
Tilapia and catfish producers are experiencing difficult times in the US due to high feed costs in the case of catfish producers and reluctant consumer spending in restaurants in the case of tilapia
The better you know and understand your raw materials and your production process, the more efficient you will be at profitably turning variable ingredients into consistent high quality feed prod...
Despite the high production concentration and growth potential for aquaculture in Asia, regulatory standards that ensure a basic level of compliance with feed additive usage are lagging way behind....