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Aker BioMarine, Norway
The wild fish harvested from the ocean and processed to become fish meal (FM)
and fish oil (FO) are finite resources that are shared across a range of users
with increasing demands, for direct human consumption, pig and poultry
production, to aquaculture feeds (1; 2) (1, 2).
Because of the high cost of fish meal and fish oil, due to increased demand and
as mentioned limited resources, traditional small pelagic fish have also been
increasingly replaced by vegetable feed ingredients in salmon feeds.
For example, during the past two decades, the amount of fish included in feed
ingredients has dropped dramatically from 65 percent to 18 percent for fish
meal and from 24 percent to 11 percent for fish oil (3). However, farmed salmon
remains a main user of both fish meal and fish oil (2) so further complementary
feed ingredients are required to support the salmon aquaculture market’s
continue growth. There is an urgent need to find alternative feed resources
that can further replace fish meal in Atlantic salmon diets, without
compromising welfare and feed quality, in particular during the finishing
feeding period when the feed demand is highest and flesh quality effects are
most significant.
Antarctic krill meal is considered a unique and genuinely sustainable raw
ingredient, high in protein content, favourable amino acids and fatty acid
profiles, and with enhanced palatability properties. It has also been suggested
that the low molecular weight soluble compounds of krill meal, such as
nucleotides, amino acids and high levels of trimethylamine N‐oxide, all act together to make krill meal an
effective attractant and flavoring agent. This has been confirmed in various
species, such as salmon (3) resulting in a healthier and more robust farmed
fish.
Read more, HERE.
The Aquaculturists
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