Over the last 20 years, major improvements have been made to reduce the environmental impacts of fish farming. This is especially true for carnivorous fish, such as salmon. One important advancement towards sustainability in aquaculture involves lowering the quantity of feed required to raise a healthy fish relative to the amount of food protein that’s produced, also known as the feed conversion ratio.
A large environmental concern around carnivorous fish production is the use of smaller, prey fish from the ocean in most aquaculture feed. Substituting this fish protein with alternative feed components, such as soybeans, has been a source of major research.
Jessica Couture is a Ph.D. student at the Bren School (UCSB) focusing on sustainable aquaculture. The presentation below is from research she was conducting on evaluating the entire life cycle of salmon feed. For contact information, click here.
A large environmental concern around carnivorous fish production is the use of smaller, prey fish from the ocean in most aquaculture feed. Substituting this fish protein with alternative feed components, such as soybeans, has been a source of major research.
Jessica Couture is a Ph.D. student at the Bren School (UCSB) focusing on sustainable aquaculture. The presentation below is from research she was conducting on evaluating the entire life cycle of salmon feed. For contact information, click here.