Caged Salmon Go Vegetarian as Nutreco Cooks Up Bean, Seed Diet
Published: May 15, 2009
Summary
Salmon is getting a menu makeover.
Scientists at Nutreco Holding NV, the world's largest maker of fish feed, spent a decade perfecting a salmon diet, replacing fish meal from wild catch such as Peruvian anchovies with a mix of soybeans, rapeseed and ground-up chicken. The company is working to phase out the chicken, making the meal all-vegetarian, said Alex Obach, managing director at Nutreco'...
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15 de mayo de 2009
More vegetable inputs will be involved in production of fish feed. The depletion of wild catch and production of fish meal is a red signal to the future of aquaculture. There is going to be a higher percentage utilization of plant based additives, as long as the omega 3 is taken care of. There is however a limit to the extent fish meal can be replaced for the health sake of the consumers. I am presently engaged in this area.
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