Worldwide Fish Meal Production Outlook and the Use of Alternative Protein Meals for Aquaculture
Keywords:
aquafeeds, fish meal, alternate protein sourcesAbstract
In 2006, fish meal prices reached levels that were previously unimaginable and nearly double the high end of the
normal price range over the past several decades. This development was the result of increased demand from the
aquaculture industry coupled with recent global fish meal production significantly lower than the 15-year average. It
is likely that fish meal prices will remain higher than the normal price range for the foreseeable future, resulting in
higher use level of conventional alternative protein sources as well as those that, until recently, have been too
expensive to consider in aquafeeds. High fish meal prices will also spur investment by industries that up to now
have been unwilling to risk investing in equipment or technology. Higher investment in fish nutrition research is
also likely. Research is needed to better define the dietary requirements of many commercially important species of
farmed fish and shrimp, and to identify nutrients and other constituents of alternative protein sources that are present
in fish meal and lacking in alternative protein sources.
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