In light of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership report into I thought I'd revisit this article from International Aquafeed Jan/Feb 2012.
With an ever increasing demand for farmed fish, finding
viable alternatives to fishmeal is imperative. This article, by T. H.Bhat, M. H.Balkhi and
Tufail Banday (Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences
and Technology of Kashmir) examines the use of soybean
products in aquafeeds.
The
world demand for seafood is increasing dramatically year by year,
although an annual upper limit of 100 million tons is set so
as not to exhaust reserves. It is for this reason
that there is a considerable move towards modernising and
intensifying fish farming. T o be economically viable, fish farming must be competitive, which
means that feed costs amongst others must be carefully monitored as the
operational cost goes 60 percent for feed alone. Therefore selection
of cheaper and quality ingredients is of paramount importance for
sustainable and economical aquaculture. Identification of suitable
alternate protein sources for inclusion in fish feeds becomes
imperative to counter the scarcity of fishmeal.
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