Sustainable and responsible fish farming is the only way to bridge the gap between the wild supply shortfall, critical consumer demand, and health needs.
U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) Aquaculture Program
Sustainable and responsible fish farming is the only way to bridge the gap between the wild supply shortfall, critical consumer demand, and health needs. Increasing the availability of soy-fed, farm-raised fish will fulfill this growing need while conserving natural resources. Learn at www.soyaqua.org how U.S. soybean farmers are helping to revolutionize aquaculture around the world. Soy-fed fish are a healthful, sustainable, and environmentally sound solution to the growing global demand for nutritious seafood.
Soybean farmers in America’s Heartland provide a consistent, healthy, and efficient source of protein that nourishes the fish that feed families around the world. USSEC - funded by the soybean producer checkoff, United Soybean Board (USB), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) - conducts research in fish nutrition and international marketing. These agencies develop aquaculture technologies, and provide technical support to create soy-based feeds used successfully in aquaculture industries throughout the world.
U.S. soybeans increase the affordability and sustainability of the world’s supply of healthy, farm-raised seafood and can replace from one-third to one-half of the fishmeal in feeds for many farmed species, thus reducing the pressure on wild fish resources. Specially formulated soy-based feeds are rich in the proteins and nutrients that support healthy and efficient fish growth, while producing less waste. The U.S. soy industry promotes environmentally friendly aquaculture production techniques around the world. Unlike wild resources for fishmeal, the soy industry can scale up to sustain the growth of global aquaculture.
International aquaculture marketing and research projects are underway to examine and develop high soy-inclusion aqua feeds for farmed freshwater and marine fish and shrimp. Marketing and research efforts target countries in East Asia, Southeast Asia, India, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States.
