aquaculture product Articles
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Biofloc Systems in Aquaculture: How Harnessing Beneficial Bacteria Is Revolutionizing Aquaculture
With almost eight billion people on earth, the demand for aquatic food is increasing. Aquaculture production is projected to rise from 40 million Metric Tons by 2008 to 82 million Metric Tons in 2050. Moreover, the expansion of aquaculture is also restricted due to land costs and by its strong dependence on fishmeal and fish oil. Additionally, environmental degradation and pollution have been ...
By QB Labs, LLC
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The advantages and disadvantages of culturing fish.
The advantages and disadvantages of culturing fish. Experts develop practical recommendations for decision-makers, scientists and producers for a sustainable development of Mediterranean aquaculture. Human demand for fish is growing steadily. With fisheries decreasing worldwide, aquaculture is becoming an important socio-economic alternative and a source of proteins and healthy oils. ...
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U.S. Aquaculture Gets Bipartisan Boost from Washington
Good news has been hard to come by the last few months amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the United States aquaculture industry received some two weeks ago. On May 7 the White House issued an executive order aimed at “removing outdated and unnecessarily burdensome regulations” that have long hampered aquaculture efforts in the U.S. The executive order comes just two months after the ...
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PE Pond Liner for Fish Farm Project in Malaysia
PE Pond Liner is a new polymer material, which is made of polyethylene. It is the most used plastic drainage film at present and can be used in many industries. Because of its lightweight, low cost, and convenient installation, it has been used in fishery and agriculture. PE Pond Liner is used for seepage prevention and leakage prevention of fish ponds; It is also used for seepage prevention, ...
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Enhanced resistance to BCWD in Troutlodge strains
Joint research of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Troutlodge has shown that Genomic Selection can double the prediction accuracy for Bacterial Cold Water Disease (BCWD). Application of Genomic Selection for BCWD resistance to three generations of Troutlodge broodstock resulted in a challenge survival increasing from 33.5% in 2015 to 78.3% in 2019. This is a staggering ...
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Future Brief: Sustainable Aquaculture
Is sustainable aquaculture possible? Aquaculture is facing a new era of expansion in Europe. What are the environmental implications of this, and how can the sector expand sustainably? This Future Brief from Science for Environment Policy presents an overview of research into aquaculture’s impacts, and considers how it could develop in harmony with environmental goals. The EU’s Blue ...
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Geomembrane Liners for Aquaculture Industry, Such as Fish Pond and Shrimp Pond
What is HDPE Geomembrane Liner? What are the applications and advantages of HDPE Geomembrane? Why it can be used as a shrimp/fish pond liner? How to choose suitable items such as shrimp/fish pond liner? And how to find a reliable supplier? The following article is a detailed introduction for your inference to choosing geomembrane liners.What Is HDPE Geomembrane? HDPE geomembrane is a new type of ...
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What are the impacts and solutions to rising feed ingredient prices for aquaculture?
Our world population is climbing, and agriculture must rise to the challenge of producing a much larger portion of daily food intake for that population. One option that is gaining popularity is aquaculture, which provides much greater yields at lower inputs than harvesting a dwindling wild population of edible fish. But rising feed ingredient prices are beginning to have an impact on the ...
By BESTMIX
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Overfishing Threatens Critical Link in the Food Chain
The fish near the bottom of the aquatic food chain are often overlooked, but they are vital to healthy oceans and estuaries. Collectively known as forage fish, these species—including sardines, anchovies, herrings, and shrimp-like crustaceans called krill—feed on plankton and become food themselves for larger fish, seabirds, and marine mammals. Historically, people have eaten ...
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Rising Meat Consumption Takes Big Bite out of Grain Harvest
http://www.earth-policy.org/data_highlights/2011/highlights22 World consumption of animal protein is everywhere on the rise. Meat consumption increased from 44 million tons in 1950 to 284 million tons in 2009, more than doubling annual consumption per person to over 90 pounds. The rise in consumption of milk and eggs is equally dramatic. Wherever incomes rise, so does meat consumption. As the ...
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2020 Predictions for the Fish Feed industry
What does the future hold for the fish feed and aquaculture markets? Our world's population is growing more rapidly than ever before, causing strain on our ability to produce enough food for everyone, partially because of the increase in the number of people and partially because of the related loss of arable land from the same factor. At the same time, the push for a healthier diet has improved ...
By BESTMIX
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Skretting produces sustainable fish food with the help of BESTMIX Recipe Management - Case Study
Skretting, the global aquafeed division of Nutreco, provides innovative and sustainable nutritional solutions and services to the aquaculture industry. This global player has production facilities in 18 countries on five continents. In 2022, the company produced and supplied more than 3 million tons of high-quality feed for more than 60 species of fish and crustaceans. For Skretting, R&D is ...
By BESTMIX
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Zambia Fish Pond Liner–A New Force of African Tilapia Culture
Introduction Zambia is a country rich in natural resources. 40% of Zambia’s area is covered by freshwater, including the Kariba Reservoir located between Zambia and Zimbabwe, with a water capacity of 5,400 cubic kilometers, which is the most suitable for the development of aquaculture. Lake resources are one of Zambia’s advantages, and Zambia’s soybean industry is also very ...
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What Affects Fish Feed Pellet Quality?
As an important factor in scaled fish farming and aquaculture industry, fish feed production has the big effect on both fish growth efficiency and fish farming cost. Since the past decades, there has been an obvious increasing in the use of floating fish feed because it is a kind of high-quality environmental-protection fish feed with superior water stability, better floating properties, ease in ...
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Talking Tanks and Raceways: Options Available in Aquafarming
According to Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Practice Standard, aquaculture tanks and raceways exist to “provide a facility containing flowing water of suitable temperature and quality for dependable production of fish, to manipulate the chemical, physical and biological factors to enhance fish production and to maintain water quality.” In order to provide a ...
By Aquasend
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Land-based Aquaculture: Meeting the Challenge of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
In 2015, all United Nations Member States agreed to 17 Global Goals, officially known as the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. These goals serve as a call to action aimed at ending poverty, fighting inequality and addressing the urgency of climate change, by 2030. They are part of a broader global movement encouraging all industries — including aquaculture — to adopt more ...
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Local Raw Materials For Fish Feed In Nigeria
For making more profits in aquaculture and fish farming business, Nigeria fish farmers need to cut down fish feed cost because it occupies a big part in the whole production chain. Today, let’s discuss the way for Nigerian to use local raw materials to make fish feed pellets for lowering feed cost. The Significance Of Using Local Fish Feed Raw Material As the fastest growing food ...
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