Sustainable Aquafeeds: Technological Innovation and Novel Ingredients

Aquaculture is the youngest, fastest-growing and most dynamic protein-producing industry. Efficient use of feed is a key advantage of aquaculture compared to other animal agriculture, allowing farmed fish to have a competitive price against terrestrial proteins. This book explores the present and future evolution of feeds, explaining the current challenges for aquaculture and considering how advances in technologies and ingredients can produce aquafoods for the increasing world population.

International contributors provide state-of-the-art information on the profile of the aquafeed industry, including factors affecting supplies and prices of key ingredients for aquafeed production. An entire set of chapters cover the scientific advances and feed industry initiatives in accordance to modern consumer trends, updating readers on the most promising strategies. These include the use of different ingredients for nutrient supplementation and the enhancement of their use by genetic selection.

This book hopes to inspire a collaborative effort between NGOs, researchers and private partnerships to accelerate and support the scaling of innovative, alternative aquaculture feed ingredients, including bacterial meals, plant-based proteins, algae and yeast to replace wild-caught ingredients.