New fish rich organic fertiliser available

Bell Aquaculture, the nation's largest yellow perch farm and pioneer in sustainable fish farming operations, has announced the launch of its new product; Fish Rich Organic Fertiliser 2-3-2 (Fish Rich). The announcement was made by Norman McCowan, president of Bell Aquaculture, who said, "Fish have been used as soil fertiliser since the Native Americans first began farming our nearby land centuries ago. Our new natural plant fertiliser, Fish Rich, is made from the remains of the Bell Perch processed at our aquaculture facility in Indiana."

Fish Rich is made from toxin- and mercury-free fish, has a very mild fish odour and is good for any soil. Fish Rich contains these three major nutrients:

• Nitrogen, which promotes green leaves, and quicker growth response.
• Phosphorous, which is good for root growth, disease resistance, promoting seed and fruit growth, and for blooming and flowering.
• Potassium, which increases root growth, and offers disease and drought resistance. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers

Press Release: Inaugural roundtable series on aquaculture to be held in Singapore, August 17-18, 2011

A shared vision for aquaculture in Asia

While modern aquaculture has been around for the past 40 years, it has not developed at the speed expected of an industry that has the enormous responsibility of creating an alternative source of seafood to the dwindling capture fisheries. One of the major contributing factors is the lack of direction, coordination and technology development to propel the industry forward The Aquaculture Roundtable Series 2011 (TARS) seeks to address these challenges by providing a neutral platform for all stakeholders, from the public and private sectors to come together to discuss, deliberate and formulate a clear strategy to take Asia’s aquaculture industry to the next level.

The first in the series, TARS will be held in Singapore from August 17-18, 2011 and will focus on Aquaculture Feeds and Nutrition. Internationally renowned experts in aquaculture technology and nutrition will speak on a range of topics that will:

• Review the present status and trends for aquaculture development in Asia;
• Address emerging issues in aquaculture development;  
• Assess opportunities and challenges for future aquaculture development; 
• Build consensus on advancing aquaculture as a global, sustainable and competitive food production sector.

For more information, visit: www.tarsaquaculture.com
For program and presentation highlights, visit: http://www.tarsaquaculture.com/program.html
For registration, visit: http://www.tarsaquaculture.com/registration.html

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers

Promising fatty acid in fish feed

The bioactive fatty acid TTA in fish feed can have an extremely positive effect on fish health, says Norwegian business oriented research group Nofima. A fresh doctoral thesis points to the fact that it has a similar effect on the heart as exercise. Fabian Grammes at Nofima has studied the use of tetradecylthioacetic acid (TTA) in feed for Atlantic salmon smolt in sea cages.

Trials during a natural outbreak of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) showed a significantly lower mortality rate of Atlantic salmon that were fed the TTA supplemented diet than salmon which were not. Grammes also observed increased relative heart weight and increased cardiac gene expression six weeks after TTA feeding ended. In addition, the study indicates that TTA increases the expression of genes that regulate the immune system. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers