Tag feeding

• Leadership & Innovation

  November 19, 2018

  Fish behavior-tracking tech aims to curb aquafeed wastage

  Overfeeding is a waste stream for aquaculture. Underwater cameras in pens help, but a company mixing hydroacoustics and machine learning has another idea. 

• Feed Sustainability

  November 19, 2018

  Use algorithms to calculate feed for Pacific white shrimp

  Existing dynamic models applied to the growth of Pacific white shrimp can describe and predict feeding behavior to help farmers achieve maximum benefits. 

• Feed Sustainability

  March 2, 2015

  Soybean meal, distillers grains replace fishmeal in experimental shrimp diets

  A study that used DDGS to partially replace soybean meal as the primary protein source in diets for juvenile white shrimp found the growth of shrimp significantly decreased when DDGS replaced soybean meal. 

• Animal Health & Welfare

  May 1, 2014

  Why do we feed shrimp the way we do?

  The potential shrimp aquaculture has for significant improvements in performance through improved genetics and nutrition will not be fully expressed unless appropriate feeding methods are practiced. 

• Feed Sustainability

  September 2, 2013

  Feeding considerations for hyper-intensive shrimp nursery systems

  For an intensive shrimp nursery, the main goal in feeding is to supply each animal the proper quantity of feed where it can be easily accessed and consumed. 

• Feed Sustainability

  March 2, 2013

  Automatic feeding in shrimp aquaculture

  Controlled by timers, automatic feeders should be placed in deeper areas of ponds and away from aerators. Overfeeding is rare during automatic feeding, and pond bottom quality is maintained through grow-out cycles. 

• Animal Health & Welfare

  January 2, 2013

  Children’s hospital Boston makes zebrafish feeding regime breakthrough

  Zebrafish offer a living model system for research in a wide variety of scientific disciplines. The Aquatic Resources Program at Children’s Hospital Boston recently identified an alternative feeding method that requires less labor. 

• Animal Health & Welfare

  July 1, 2012

  Temperature affects shrimp survival, feed conversion

  In laboratory tests with white shrimp, feed consumption was 36.5 percent higher at 33 degrees-C than at 29. Growth was similar at both temperatures. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  May 1, 2012

  Compensatory gains yield hidden profits

  Compensatory gain is defined as faster than normal growth following a period of slower than normal growth, caused by nutritional and environmental factors. 

• Animal Health & Welfare

  March 2, 2012

  A case for better shrimp nutrition

  Shrimp farm performance can often be below realistic production standards. Use proven nutrition, feeds and feeding techniques to improve profitability.