US Concerns Raised over EU Stance on GM Food and Feed
While the European agricultural industry is a heavy consumer of genetically modified products - largely in animal feed - the industry is restricted in what it can grow, writes Chris Harris, TheFishSite senior editor.

Organic Aquaculture: What's in a Label?
Increasing consumer awareness to unsustainable aquaculture practices have made the prospect of organic aquaculture both environmentally and economically fruitful, but strict standards make this goal difficult to achieve. As the US considers by-passing...

GM Restrictions: A Boon to the European Aquaculture?
Several feed organisations in the EU have warned of the dangers posed by a lack of soya supplies, writes Rachel Ralte reporting for TheFishSite.

Use of Fish in Animal Feeds: a Fresh Perspective
Aquaculture is often condemned by many lobby groups because it uses about 43 percent of global fish meal production and 85 percent of fish oil, writes Simon Wilkinson for the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia Pacific (NACA).

Marine Finfish : The Use of Poultry By-product Meals in Pelleted Feed for Humpback Grouper
Grouper farming, especially in Southeast Asia, is still heavily dependent on feeding with trash fish, say Rossita Shapawi, Saleem Mustafa and Wing-Keong Ng of the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific.

Effects of Probiotic Bacilli on the Enhancement of Feeding Efficiency
The probiotic bacillus highly increase the growth performances and feeding efficiency in Acipenser nudiventris larvae says a report by H. Jafaryan and A. Bagheri of the Department of Fisheries, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural,...

The Main Ingredients of Feed
The main ingredients of feeds for farmed carnivorous fish species are fish meal and fish oil, at levels of about 25 percent and 30 percent, respectively, according to Towards Sustainabe Aquaculture in Europe, published by Consensus.

Utilisation of Plant Proteins in Fish Diets
The use of plant proteins in fish diets is having an increasing effect on global demand and supplies of grains and oilseeds, says R.W. Hardy, University of Idaho, Aquaculture Research Institute.

The Concept of Ideal Protein in Formulation of Aquaculture Feeds¹
By Richard D. Miles and Frank A. Chapman ². Aquaculture feeds characteristically contain a higher percent of protein than feeds used in agriculture for poultry, swine, and beef.

Gut Morphology - A Key to Efficient Nutrition
Gut function and its efficiency is one of the keys to successful commercial production of fish species. TheFishSite Editor, Jane Jordan, looks at a paper by John Sweetman, Arkadios Dimitroglou, Simon Davies and Silvia Torrecillas on gut morphology and...

Catfish: Feeds and Feeding
By Mississippi State University Extension Service. Nutrient requirements and feeding characteristics of channel catfish have been extensively researched. This research has provided the basis for the formulation of efficient, economical diets and for the...

Strategies for Assessing Feed Grains for Fish
By Brett Glencross, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, from Proceedings of a workshop, Harvesting the Benefits of Grain in Aquaculture Feeds.

Effects of Fish Size and Feeding Frequency on Channel Catfish Production
By Edwin H. Robinson and Menghe H. Li.

What Are Nutrient-Dense Fish Feeds and Their Importance in Aquaculture?
By Richard D. Miles and Frank A. Chapman, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS)

Catfish Protein Nutrition
By Edwin H. Robinson, Research Professor and Menghe H. Li, Research Professor, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University.