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Chemoattraction in aquatic feed management
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/chemoattraction-in-aquatic-feed-management/…uneaten or wasted feed, resulting in improved feed conversion and water quality, which both potentially enhance growth rates. Increased feed performance and growth rates ultimately yield cost benefits, reduced nutrient…
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Aquaculture’s input efficiency shines as FIFO ratios improve
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/aquaculture-input-efficiency-fifo/…Overall, Wijkström concluded that there were not human consumption markets for most feed/industrial fish. He also concluded that feeding fishmeal and fish oil to farmed fish and shrimp expanded the…
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Economic analysis of feeds for super-intensive white shrimp grow-out
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/economic-analysis-of-feeds-for-super-intensive-white-shrimp-growout/Optimizing feed formulations can improve shrimp growth The analyses examined the economics of the use of different feeds in covered raceway systems for the intensive culture of shrimp. Indoor super-intensive…
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Are on-site feed mills right for shrimp farmers? Part 1
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/are-on-site-feed-mills-right-for-shrimp-farmers-part-1/…considered is manufacturing shrimp feed on the farm to reduce costs, as feeds typically represent 40 to 60 percent of production costs. Before shrimp farmers seriously consider the business of…
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Grow-out test of freshwater prawns finds effects of feed protein levels limited
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/grow-out-test-of-freshwater-prawns-finds-effects-of-feed-protein-levels-limited/…their own pace. Feeds and feeding Feeding schedules were prepared for three feeding periods: first 30 days, second 30 days, and last 60 days. A daily ration of cottonseed meal…
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Aquafeeds and The Oceanic Institute’s AQUAFAN program, part 2
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/aquafeeds-and-the-oceanic-institutes-aquafan-program-part-2/…new, improved feed processing methods, ingredients, formulations, and onfarm feed and water management practices that are not adequately provided by conventional, first-generation shrimp feeds and/or grow-out technology. The AQUAFAN Program…
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Effects of dietary supplementation with the marine microalgae Aurantiochytrium sp. on silver pompano
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/effects-of-dietary-supplementation-with-the-marine-microalgae-aurantiochytrium-sp-on-silver-pompano/…for fish growth. As the microalgae content increased, the feed utilization efficiency index feed conversion ratio decreased (maximum 15 percent) and feed efficiency increased (maximum 1.17 times), showing that the…
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Food waste and hemp are the latest novel aquafeed ingredients gaining attention
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/food-waste-and-hemp-are-the-latest-novel-aquafeed-ingredients-gaining-attention/Circular and terrestrial aquafeed ingredients could offer valuable opportunities for aquaculture Researchers have evaluated hemp as a feed ingredient that could reduce scope 3 (supply chain) emissions in fish feed….
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Alternative feed ingredient universe to convene at F3 meeting
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/alternative-feed-ingredient-universe-to-convene-at-f3-meeting/…Aquaculture Alliance’s 2015 GOAL conference held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Eight teams ultimately submitted feeds; four of them are partnerships involving a feed ingredient supplier, feed manufacturer, aquaculture producer,…
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Animal co-product hydrolysates sources of key molecules in aquafeeds
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/animal-co-product-hydrolysates-sources-of-key-molecules-in-aquafeeds/Hydrolysis improves nutritive value of feed ingredients from processing Hydrolysis improves the nutritional value of various rendered animal by-products. The supply of fishmeal from wild-capture fisheries, long the staple protein…
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Blue Food Innovation Summit a deep dive into ‘an agenda full of opportunity’
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/blue-food-innovation-summit-a-deep-dive-into-an-agenda-full-of-opportunity/…aquafeed development, including marine ingredients and trimmings but also alternative proteins and plant-based ingredients. “Alternative feedstuffs – plants, bacteria, yeast – it’s the scalability and affordability that you have to…
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Inside the Cargill Aqua Nutrition aquafeed plant in Scotland
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/inside-cargill-aqua-nutrition-aquafeed-plant-scotland/…industry. Formed in 2015, following Cargill’s acquisition of salmon feed specialist EWOS to complement its own warm-water aquaculture feed business, CQN produces feed for salmon, tilapia and shrimp in 20…
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Land use for aquaculture production
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/land-use-for-aquaculture-production/…feed-conversion ratios (FCRs) obtained from scientific literature for salmon, trout, shrimp, tilapia, and channel catfish feeds are provided in Table 2. For these feeds, the only ingredients considered specifically produced…
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Vacuum process supports high oil content in feed coatings
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/vacuum-process-supports-high-oil-content-in-feed-coatings/…feeds. Vacuum coating extruded shrimp feed can increase the feed’s specific weight, making it more dense and able to sink. If leaching of nutrients is an issue in sinking feeds,…
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Banana meal tested as feed ingredient for Nile tilapia fingerlings
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/banana-meal-tested-as-feed-ingredient-for-nile-tilapia-fingerlings/…Diet (0)Diets (g banana meal/kg feed) D (100)Diets (g banana meal/kg feed) D (200)Diets (g banana meal/kg feed) D (300)Diets (g banana meal/kg feed) D (400) Initial body weight (g)…
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Can photoautotrophic cultivated diatom biomass in salmon feed deter lice?
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/can-photoautotrophic-cultivated-diatom-biomass-in-salmon-feed-deter-lice/Results show the number of lice on salmon offered diatom feed were statistically and significantly lower This study evaluated if photoautotrophic cultivated diatom biomass in salmon feed can deter lice,…
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Water level management, BMPs cut water use, pond effluents
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/water-level-management-bmps-cut-water-use-pond-effluents/…to implement an environmental management system consisting of best management practices (BMPs) that either improve water quality prior to discharge or reduce effluent volume. Study: BMPs for effluent management In…
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Efficient use of bacterial probiotics in hatcheries requires microbial management
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/efficient-use-of-bacterial-probiotics-in-hatcheries-requires-microbial-management/Proven record of success in hatcheries David Garriques displays a culture of probiotic bacteria that are mass-produced in tubes and then flasks before innoculation in shrimp larval tanks. Bacterial probiotics…