Vegetable fed salmon yields healthy fat

Vegetable ingredients can replace much of the fish proteins and fish oil used in conventional feeds for farmed salmon and salmon trout without sacrificing the health benefits of consumer products.

AquaMax, a large international research project with strong Norwegian participation, has studied the effects on the nutritional benefits of fish raised on a diet that substitutes vegetable feed ingredients for some of the marine ingredients.

The AquaMax researchers conclude that fully 70 percent of the fish oil and 80 percent of the marine proteins in conventional feed can be replaced with vegetable ingredients without any adverse effect on fish health. Vegetable ingredients can replace much of the fish proteins and fish oil used in conventional feeds for farmed salmon and salmon trout without sacrificing the health benefits of consumer products. Read more ...

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

Tilapia dispersal project a huge success in the Philippines

Farmers along the different tributaries of the Abra River are now harvesting tilapia as a result of the tilapia fingerlings dispersal project of Governor Eustaquio P. Bersamin. True to his promise to really help the farmers uplift their living condition by providing them income augmentation sources, Governor Bersamin had disposed thousands of fingerlings to the many fish-farmers in the province.

The tilapia fingerlings were grown in various fishpens and fish cages in barangays along the Sinalang River and the Abra River particularly in barangays Namanrabar and Malamsit in Penarrubia, Malita in Bangued, Balais in Lagangilang, and the different barangays of Bucay and Tayum.The tilapia fingerlings are home-grown as these are raised in the two hatcheries in the province - Kirmay Fishery in Brgy. San Marcial, San Isidro; and at Brgy. Malamsit, Penarrubia.

The Kirmay fishery is the old fishfarm in the province where fingerlings are produced and operated by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG). The Malamsit hatchery, on the other hand, is private-owned but supervised by the OPAG. Read more ...

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

Draft US aquaculture policies released

Americans have a chance to help shape the way in which aquaculture projects take shape in their regions as federal agencies move steadfastly towards growing the industry across the nation.

Last week the Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released drafted national aquaculture policies that aim to "increase the US supply of healthy seafood, create jobs in coastal and other communities, spur innovation in technology, and help restore depleted species and marine habitats." (Algae farming is included in the policies.).

The policies are based in part on input from listening sessions held around the US last year, including Alaska. Let's put aquaculture in context, advised Dr. Larry Robinson, NOAA assistant secretary of commerce, at a media teleconference from Washington, D.C. Aquaculture has overtaken wild fisheries as the main source of seafood, 84 percent of the seafood Americans eat is imported, and about half of that is farmed, he said. Read more ...

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