Feed & Nutrition – Page 6

  • Representatives of SEAFDEC/AQD and PAFC tour a pilot-scale feed mill Photo: RD Dianala
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    Covid-19: Farmers seek help with feed costs

    2020-07-24T10:51:00Z

    Members of the Panay Aqua Farmers Cooperative (PAFC) have visited the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD) accompanied by Remia Aparri of the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 6 (BFAR-6) to find ways to soften the impact of Covid-19 on the aquaculture industry in ...

  • Aiming for aquafeed self-sufficiency
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    Aiming for aquafeed self-sufficiency

    2020-07-19T07:30:00Z

    Russia is set to ramp up aquafeed production nearly tenfold to 525,000 tonnes by 2030 to make fish farmers less dependent on imports

  • Calysseo will open its first Feedkind production facility in Changshou Photo: Calysseo
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    Aquafeed production plant opens in Chongqing

    2020-07-03T11:21:00Z

    The first commercial-scale plant in the world fully-funded through the Calysseo joint-venture between Adisseo and Calysta will be built in Chongqing’s Changshou district, an important milestone for the Feedkind project.

  • Ruud Peerbooms Photo: Corbion
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    Corbion expands algae feed team

    2020-06-29T10:25:00Z

    Corbion has made three new appointments to its Algae Ingredients team, increasing the impact of the company”s omega-3 algae feed ingredient, AlgaPrime DHA.

  • Aller Aqua
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    New feed concept promotes growth and survival

    2020-02-25T11:09:00Z

    Aller Aqua has launched a new feed concept incorporating a series of aquafeeds based on a blend of ingredients that promote growth and survival in fish as well as disease resistance and prevention.

  • Hopes are increasing for an effective vaccine against sea lice Photo: SAIC
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    Hopes of in-feed vaccine for sea lice

    2020-01-06T10:35:00Z

    A team of Scottish and international aquaculture experts is developing an oral vaccine for sea lice, helping the industry to tackle one of the biggest threats to the health and welfare of farmed Atlantic salmon.

  • Microalgae: Sustainable Aquaculture to Feed The World
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    Sustainable aquaculture to feed the world

    2019-12-28T10:52:00Z

    Microalgae-based feeds could avoid depleting the wild fish that farmed seafood consumes, steering aquaculture in a new direction

  • Pioneering Tech to Improve Artemia Production
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    Pioneering tech to improve Artemia production

    2019-11-27T09:59:00Z

    INVE Aquaculture’s latest technologies aim to further improve the production of Artemia cysts and maintain product quality

  • Feed Optimisation Through Digitalisation
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    Feed optimisation through digitalisation

    2019-04-25T08:57:00Z

    Over the last few decades, IT has advanced significantly, with profound impacts on industries including aquaculture

  • Sustainable feed for Nile tilapia
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    Sustainable feed for Nile tilapia

    2019-01-01T07:00:00Z

    Despite significant progress over the years, aquaculture still poses concerns, such as over-reliance on wild fish and terrestrial plants such as soy. Now a US team of scientists has created an alternative feed for Nile tilapia using a marine microalga co-product

  • Growing interest in alternative feeds
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    Growing interest in alternative feeds

    2018-06-26T07:00:00Z

    Despite the limited supply of fish stocks, aquaculture continues to depend on wild-caught fishmeal and fish oil. By interacting with ingredient providers, researchers, fish farmers and feed companies, one collaborative effort, the Future of Fish Feed (F3), is working to offer some innovative solutions

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    First feed mill in Ecuador BAP certified

    2015-09-11T09:00:00Z

    GISIS – part of the Nutreco Group - has become Ecuador’s first feed mill to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

  • Fish feed. Credit: Slandsvi Solveig O. Landsvik/CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons
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    Project to optimise feed efficiency

    2015-08-26T14:55:00Z

    Scientists and industry are joining forces in a new project to improve feed for commercial fish farming in order to improve protein digestibility.

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    GLOBALG.A.P. launches sustainability module for feed mills

    2015-08-26T14:15:00Z

    GLOBALG.A.P. has announced that a new voluntary GLOBALG.A.P. Add-on has been published.

  • The 19.80m SSF/MD 1 was developed by the yard to provide the best possible feeding platform with a strong emphasis on generous working space and visibility
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    Automated salmon feed barge

    2015-02-10T17:14:00Z

    The latest of four 150 tonne automated feed barges being built for Scottish Sea Farms Ltd has been completed by Macduff Shipyards Ltd.

  • Professor Douglas Tocher: "Fish oil is a finite and limited resource and because the aquaculture industry is constantly expanding sustainability is vital"
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    Using plants to produce fish feed

    2015-02-05T16:47:00Z

    Scotland’s University of Stirling is using genetically modified plants to replace fish oil in fish feeds with the aim of preserving wild fish stocks and maintaining nutritional value of farmed fish for humans.

  • Norman McCowan: “I am very proud of our team, our partners and our community for working together to take this critical step toward providing a solution to our coming food deficit”
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    Bell Aquaculture opens new aqua feed mill

    2014-07-03T17:52:00Z

    America’s Bell Aquaculture LLC has opened its new Bell Farms Aqua Feed Mill in Indiana representing the last major step toward completion of a vertically integrated aquaculture farm that has long been in development.