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Sustainable Aquaculture
In aquaculture, traditionally, you must kill fish to grow fish — but for how much longer? Historically, aquaculture has been tied to fishmeal and fish oil production, but alternative feed ingredients are becoming more popular. A diet that most closely simulates the natural diet for most aquaculture species, fishmeal and fish oil contain an optimal mix of essential nutrients: easily digestible protein and vital nutrients like omega-3 fatty acids. Currently, to make most fishmeal and fish oil, small forage fish like anchovies and sardines are ground up and dried. Fishmeal is then fed to higher-value seafood species like salmon and shrimp. According to Rick Barrows, founder of Aquatic Feed Technologies and USDA feed researcher, this is a major issue for the future of the aquaculture industry: “There is just not enough of the current fish-based ingredients available to match the expansion of aquaculture as the human population grows.”
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