Innovative aquafeed for shrimp, big interest at Victam Asia
Published: March 7, 2008
Source : Nofima (formerly Fiskeriforskning)
The company is a spin-off from Nofima (formerly Fiskeriforskning) in Bergen.
The new feed, Brilliant Blue, generated significant interest from both shrimp larvae producers and feed producers.
Replacing crustaceans
In shrimp farming, the fry are fed live feed after hatching, initially algae. Later, they are fed a mixture of algae and artemia - a crustacean that is common to use for marine larvae.
"The company intends to replace artemia in shrimp hatcheries and where ever else our feed can be useful," says Anders Aksnes, Managing Director of Blue Limit and Senior Scientist at Nofima (formerly Fiskeriforskning).
"Brilliant Blue clearly has a place in the early stage shrimp larvae feed arena as a specially formulated early stage shrimp larvae supplement feed."
Unique properties
Shrimp larvae which have received the new feed thrive, and the feed does not absorb and does not foul the water.
Together with the studies on survival, growth, leakage and dispersion, these results show that Brilliant Blue has unique properties.
Blue Limit, a spin-off from Nofima, is funded by Sarsia Seed AS and Innovation Norway.
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