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Alternatives to marine ingredients in aquaculture to improve sustainability and profitability through nutrition Samuel Correa, Bioiberica Animal Nutrition
The production of food to nourish the current population is highly complex and with great challenges: the continuous growth of the world population is certainly accompanied by a growing demand for quality proteins, a key element to ensure adequate food and nutrition throughout the world. Given this situation, animal protein of marine origin, becomes a product of great relevance thanks to its nutritional value, the contribution of quality protein and its healthy profile of fats and other important nutrients. In this sense, the aquaculture industry has a key role: it is a necessary industry to produce quality protein and be able to nourish the population, and in turn, it can help counteract the use of ingredients of marine origin in the feed of farmed
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species. The ingredients obtained by means of direct fishing and their derived processes are not sustainable in the long term and it makes sense to look for alternative products more respectful to the environment.
Raw materials in aquaculture Nutrition plays a key role in aquaculture production. Traditionally, it has been based on a few raw materials that worked very well, such as fishmeal or fish oil. Today, with the paradigm shift that we have experienced in the last decade, there are four factors that are increasingly important and that raw materials must meet: sustainability, supply chain stability, biosecurity and profitability.
Aquafeed: Advances in Processing & Formulation Vol 15 Issue 4 2023