Surveying natural resources for their potential use in fish feeds

Algae attached to a rock

Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have join in cooperating on a survey looking at natural resources such as mussels, seaweed, microalgae; unexploited marine resources that they hope can be used as raw material for fish feed. “I believe that this has great potential,” says NIFES scientist Ann Cecilie Hansen, who will be studying the nutrient content and possible traces of environmental toxins in these raw materials, which will be the first and a decisive stage of the research project. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.