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Data-driven management technology can transform aquaculture
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/data-driven-management-technology-can-transform-aquaculture/…2.5. The existing expertise regarding health and sanitation practices, feeds and feeding management, husbandry processes, and operations and human resources management could all, if well implemented, significantly improve the industry’s…
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Health management in recirculating systems
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/health-management-in-recirculating-systems/…the overall program is not onerous. Contingency management System and management design should also allow for management of unforeseen contingencies, including disease outbreaks. Designs should permit fish populations in multitank…
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Soy trials replace fishmeal in grouper feeds
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/soy-trials-replace-fishmeal-in-grouper-feeds/…high cost of feed. Groupers are carnivorous fish that require high protein levels in feeds. Since the available pelleted feeds for tropical marine fish are mostly dependent on fishery-based ingredients,…
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Long-Time Aqua Feed Professional: Feed Is An Investment, Not A Cost
https://www.globalseafood.org/blog/long-time-aqua-feed-professional-feed-is-an-investment-not-a-cost/…feeding shrimp to feeding a human baby—feed them a high-quality diet, and feed them frequently. “How do we feed shrimp currently? We feed them cheap, and we feed them when…
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Fishmeal replacement in diets effective at shrimp farm trials
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/fishmeal-replacement-in-diets-effective-at-shrimp-farm-trials/…of feed mills and producers interested in evaluating modified feeds under their own production conditions. Shrimp farmers were asked to compare their traditional feeds against a feed with lower inclusion…
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Antioxidants manage effects of oxidation on feeds, feed ingredients
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/antioxidants-manage-effects-of-oxidation-on-feeds-feed-ingredients/…performance of cultured animals. Many processes can negatively impact feed quality, but oxidation can be a factor through the entire feed production operation. Managing quality from the production of feed…
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Using multi-criteria decision support tools to design environmentally efficient aquafeeds
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/using-multi-criteria-decision-support-tools-to-design-environmentally-efficient-aquafeeds/…management, farm site selection, risk assessment and in feeding regimes. Machine-learning applications in aquaculture feed formulation (and indeed other food sectors reliant on complimentary feed) can provide a bridge between…
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Cost-effective biosecurity crucial for shrimp farming
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/cost-effective-biosecurity-crucial-shrimp-farming/…or zero water exchange, feed management and use of immune stimulants to increase host defenses). Finally, strict and proactive health monitoring and farm management strategies, along with appropriate environmental management….
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Love thy neighbor: Ireland’s Clew Bay embraces aquaculture area management
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/love-thy-neighbor-irelands-clew-bay-embraces-aquaculture-area-management/Shellfish and salmon producers on Ireland’s western coast establish harmonized stakeholder collaboration and practices The Coordinated Local Aquaculture Management System (CLAMS) was introduced by the Irish government’s seafood agency Bord…
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A synthetic control approach to estimate the effect of total allowable catch limits in the high seas
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/a-synthetic-control-approach-to-estimate-the-effect-of-total-allowable-catch-limits-in-the-high-seas/…15 years, many developed nations have improved the health of fisheries within their exclusive economic zone (EEZ) through effective management. Management is often more challenging for fisheries that move between…
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Innovative feed additives improve feed utilization in Nile tilapia
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/innovative-feed-additives-improve-feed-utilization-nile-tilapia/…of body weight for both trials. Feeding was done by automatic belt feeders placed on top of the tanks. Uneaten pellets were recovered, and the feed intake was adjusted accordingly….
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Nofima identifies optimal feed components for the sea lice cleaner fish ballan wrasse
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/nofima-identifies-optimal-feed-components-for-the-sea-lice-cleaner-fish-ballan-wrasse/…wrasse feed are already using these results, and are producing ballan wrasse feed using ‘cold-extrusion,’” said senior scientist Ingrid Lein. Positive effects of marine phospholipids in the feed The researchers…
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Effect of copepod hydrolysate dietary inclusion on feed attractiveness for Pacific white shrimp
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/effect-of-copepod-hydrolysate-dietary-inclusion-on-feed-attractiveness-for-pacific-white-shrimp/…ingredient on the feeding behavior and intake levels of Pacific white shrimp. https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/intensively-cultured-paraclanid-copepods-for-small-tropical-marine-fish-larvae/ Study setup Diet attractiveness was evaluated in a 24-day feeding trial with L. vannamei shrimp by measuring…
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Iodinated feed reduces stress in steelhead trout
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/iodinated-feed-reduces-stress-in-steelhead-trout/…in the feed was elevating the levels of thyroid hormones and decreasing the levels of cortisol. Fig. 2: Growth in control (regular feed) and test (iodinated feed) fish. * Significantly…
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USSEC, partners establish Asian aquaculture feed formulation database
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/ussec-partners-establish-asian-aquaculture-feed-formulation-database/Tool useful for feed formulation, ingredient purchasing, quality control, research Given the huge volumes of aquafeed required to support Asian aquaculture, effective feed formulation is key to continued industry growth….
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To increase profits, consider the what-ifs
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/to-increase-profits-consider-the-what-ifs/…model can be used for almost any aquaculture production system, it is used here as a shrimp economic calculator evaluating the investment associated with two different feeds. Zeigler, Shrimp economic…
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Carbon-nitrogen balance impacts nitrogen removal
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/carbon-nitrogen-balance-impacts-nitrogen-removal/…bacteria biomass. Photos by Brian Boudreau, Magnolia Shrimp, LLC. In intensive aquaculture systems, ammonia-nitrogen build-up from the metabolism of feed is usually the next limiting factor, after dissolved oxygen, for…
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Direct energy use in channel catfish production
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/direct-energy-use-in-channel-catfish-production/…at one hatchery and 0.0269 kWh each at the other one. Feed Mill The feed mill produced 104,483 metric tons feed in 2006. The data provided on energy use included…