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The article discusses the inauguration of a black soldier fly (BSF) based bio-waste conversion unit at the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in India. The unit is designed to process vegetable and fishery-related biological waste, using black soldier fly larvae to convert it into sustainable protein sources for mariculture feed. This initiative is part of the 'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign carried out by the CMFRI. The Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, George Kurian, emphasized the importance of cleanliness and sanitation in creating a healthier and more prosperous society. The Minister also interacted with fish farmers and entrepreneurs and reviewed CMFRI's facilities. [Extracted from the article]

A recent study conducted by researchers at Bahauddin Zakariya University in Multan, Pakistan, focused on the use of insects as an alternative source of protein in broiler feed. The researchers replaced soybean meal with blow fly larvae and evaluated its impact on the growth performance, hematological parameters, intestinal morphometry, and meat quality of broiler chickens. The results showed that the broilers fed on blow fly larvae had higher live weight, average daily weight gain, and better feed conversion ratios. Additionally, the blow fly larvae improved blood haematology, serum biochemistry, gut histology, and meat color and lightness traits. The study concluded that blow fly larvae can be used as a cost-efficient and eco-friendly alternative protein source in broiler feed. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the viability of insect meal as an economical and sustainable raw material for fish feed, emphasizing its elevated protein content, biological valence, and potential for sustainable feed formulations. Topics include rheological analysis, gelatinisation property analysis, and the impact of substituting fish meal with insect meal on fish feed digestibility and environmental sustainability.

A recent report from investigators at the University of Bologna in Italy explores the use of insects as a protein source in fish feed. The study specifically focuses on the effects of including different levels of defatted Hermetia illucens larvae meal in the diet of Sparus aurata (gilthead sea bream). The research found that the inclusion of the larvae meal did not negatively impact the quality or fatty acid composition of the fish fillets. This study provides valuable insights into the potential use of insect meal as a sustainable alternative to fish meal in feed formulation. [Extracted from the article]

A recent report from the National University of Singapore highlights the advancements made in a 20-year family-based breeding program for Asian seabass. The program aimed to improve growth rates, omega-3 content, and disease resistance in the fish population. Through selective breeding and genomic selection techniques, three distinct elite lines of Asian seabass were successfully established, each consisting of approximately 200 broodfish. The research concludes that future breeding programs should focus on additional traits such as the ability to use feeds with reduced fishmeal and resistance against emerging diseases. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the growth of fish feed manufacturer and shrimp exporter Avanti Feeds. It states that Avanti, with its collaborator and a frozen seafood company Thai Union, is planning to build a shrimp processing plant in Andhra Pradesh, India. Topics discussed are shrimp exports, the need to ensure reliability of aquaculture, and ensuring adequate supply of high-grade fish meal. Comments from Avanti's Chairman and Managing Director Alluri Indra Kumar are included.

This article focuses on issues concerning the use of fish meal as feeds for farmed fish. One criticism that continues to be expressed concerns the use of fish meal in feeds for farmed fish, specifically carnivorous fish species. Critics of aquaculture assert that switching to omnivorous fish species would reduce the amount of fish meal used by the aquaculture feed industry and that benefits would accrue to the marine environment, coastal communities in less developed countries and so on. As usual, the situation is more complicated than this idealistic vision. The realization that the demand for fish meal by the aquaculture industry for feed production may eventually outstrip supplies was first expressed by Doctor Lauren Donaldson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington. Donaldson was concerned about decreasing production of herring meal in British Columbia and Alaska. At the time herring meal was the primary fish meal used in feeds for Pacific salmon in state and federal salmon hatcheries on the Pacific coast. Moreover, critics of aquaculture began emphasizing the fish meal issue soon after the publication of an article entitled Effect of Aquaculture on World Fish Supplies by Naylor et al. These authors got right to the point in their second paragraph, stating that for some types of aquaculture activity, including shrimp and salmon farming, potential damage to ocean and coastal resources through habitat destruction, waste disposal, exotic species and pathogen invasions, and large fish meal and fish oil requirements may further deplete wild fisheries stocks. The terrestrial food chain supporting vertebrates is based upon plants and insects. Leaves and seeds of a huge array of plants are consumed directly by herbivores and omnivores, with carnivores, in turn, consuming herbivores and omnivores.

Discusses the alternative protein sources in tilapia feed formulation. Dietary protein requirements; Information on fish meal; Use of plant proteins in tilapia aquafeeds.

Discusses the alternative protein sources in the formulation of tilapia feed. Significance of fish feeds in the aquaculture industry production; Details on the dietary protein requirements of fish, fishmeal and the use of plant proteins in tilapia aquafeeds; Analysis of several plant proteins as alternative sources of protein.

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- TwoXSea's Farmed Fish Is Raised on a Fish-Free Diet TwoXSea's Farmed Fish Is Raised on a Fish-Free Diet. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the study "Concentration of digestible, metabolizable and net energy and digestibility of energy and nutrients in fermented soybean meal, conventional soybean meal, and fish meal fed to weanling pigs" by Hans H. Stein and colleague in the "Journal of Animal Science" in 2013.

The article examines how detrimental feeding farm animals fish meal is to the marine ecosystem. Forage fish like sardines and anchovies are eaten by larger fish in the ocean to feed top-feeding species like salmon and sharks, but a large number of forage fish caught are being fed to farm animals to supplement their corn and soy diets. The author suggests that forage fish be considered as an alternative source of protein in the human diet.

The article offers tips and strategies on how to reduce swine feeding costs. It suggests that swine producers should incorporate Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) into swine diets to make significant savings. It recommends to use other feeds as subsitutes for fish meal such as enzyme-treated soybean meal, fermented soybean meal, enzyme-treated pig intestines, poultry byproduct meal, meat and bone meal. It highlights the importance of eliminating inorganic phosphorus in feeds. INSETS: At a glance;Swine Briefs.

The article focuses on the study by the researchers from the University of Illinois (U of I) regarding two sources from soybean meal as good fishmeal alternatives diet for weanling pigs. It says that the enzyme treatment and fermentation process help in removing the antigens found in soybean meal that are not digested easily by weanling pigs. Professor Hans H. Stein states that the enzyme-treated and fermented soybean meal are cheaper than fishmeal.