SEAWEED & MICROALGAE

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Microalgae found to boost broodstock and fry performance

Scientists have found that feeding Nile tilapia broodstock a diet including a type of microalgae can improve fertility, immunity and performance.

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Algal oil shows promise as fish-oil substitute in feed for young salmon

Algal oil can replace fish oil in the feed of farmed Atlantic salmon parr without affecting their growth or ability to transition to seawater.

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Could farming seaweed hold the key to curbing cattle methane emissions?

Aquaculture can spin off new sustainability ideas, but few are more ambitious than Greener Grazing — an effort to commercialize a seaweed that could cut methane production from grazing animals.

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Seaweed supplements show promise as immunostimulants in aquaculture

Supplementing the diets of farmed fish with seaweeds or their extracts has “substantial positive impacts” on fish health, growth and survival, according to new analysis by scientists.