Tag fish oil

• Feed Sustainability

  June 25, 2018

  SeaWeb Seafood Summit: Defining the future of aquafeed

  At the Barcelona Seafood Summit, an expert panel discussed a sustainable future for aquafeeds. What stands between us and that future? 

• Feed Sustainability

  May 21, 2018

  Fish oil alternatives are waiting in the wings

  The Future of Fish Feed (F3) initiative aims to jumpstart innovation in terms of viable fish-free substitutes to fish oil through the global F3 Fish Oil Challenge. 

• Feed Sustainability

  May 14, 2018

  Can corn fuel aquaculture’s growth? Veramaris says yes

  The benefits of omega-3 fatty acids to human health are well known. Fish need them too. To supplement current supplies from wild-caught fish, one innovative venture is turning to the corn fields of Nebraska – yes, Nebraska – for answers.  

• Animal Health & Welfare

  May 14, 2018

  Long-chain PUFA requirements of juvenile California yellowtail

  This study shows that soybean oil can totally replace fish oil in California yellowtail aquafeeds without affecting production performance and reducing the omega-3 fatty acid profile of fish tissues, as long as acceptable levels of ARA and DHA are provided. 

• Feed Sustainability

  February 5, 2018

  Feed Innovation Network: A streamlined aquafeed ingredient evaluation tool

  To position aquaculture for future growth, it needs tools to evaluate a growing spectrum of alternative ingredients and formulated diets designed to optimize fish health and efficient production. 

• Feed Sustainability

  January 29, 2018

  Inside the Cargill Aqua Nutrition aquafeed plant in Scotland

  Formed in 2015, following Cargill’s acquisition of salmon feed specialist EWOS to complement its own warm-water aquaculture feed business, Cargill Aqua Nutrition produces feed for salmon, tilapia and shrimp in 20 countries around the world. 

• Feed Sustainability

  October 23, 2017

  Aquaculture’s input efficiency shines as FIFO ratios improve

  The latest Fish In:Fish Out (FIFO) ratios calculated by IFFO – The Marine Ingredients Organisation shows that every kilogram of wild fish utilized in aquafeeds results in a total of 4.55 kilos of farmed fish produced. 

• Feed Sustainability

  October 1, 2017

  Considerations for alternative ingredients in aquafeeds

  A key to expanding aquaculture is finding alternative sources of proteins and oils. Supplementing or replacing fish oil in aquaculture feeds with alternative lipid sources – oils seeds, microalgae, insects and others – appears possible as long as essential fatty 

• Feed Sustainability

  September 4, 2017

  IFFO: Future contributions of marine ingredients in aquafeeds

  Fishmeal is still the most nutritious source of protein for aquaculture diets, having a wide range of essential amino acids and a high digestibility, while fish oil is still the only commercially available source of long chain omega-3 for aquaculture 

• Feed Sustainability

  September 4, 2017

  F3 takes on a new challenge – fish oil alternatives

  Building off the success and excitement of the fish-free aquaculture feed cash-prize contest that concludes this fall, the F3 Challenge has set its sights on a new target: fish oil alternatives.