Seaweed worms – alternative farmed fish diet shows great promise
2024-02-06T09:38:00
New project finds feeding with live enchytraeids can increase growth rates of juvenile fish by up to 200% and lower overall mortality
With the help of funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, have discovered a way to utilise decomposing seaweed to mass produce marine enchytraeids, small worms naturally found in decaying seaweed, as a live aquaculture feed.