2018
Testing the replacement of fish meal and fish oil in Seriola rivoliana diets with soy-based protein and oil
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Soy Aquaculture Alliance
Category:
Export/Trade
Keywords:
Aquaculture
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Tom Clemente, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
1830-352-0501-B
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
United Soybean Board
$242,845
Leveraged Funding (Non-Checkoff):
$95,000 -This program aligned with an algal company, Heliae
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Institution Funded:
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
$242,845
Brief Project Summary:

This multi-year project was completed by a transdisciplinary team of researchers with expertise in aquaculture, aquafeed formulations, agribusiness, and agricultural biotechnology, to develop and test aquafeed formulations designed to displace fishmeal and fish oil with soybean-based protein and oil in the diet of Kampachi, the Hawaiian yellow tail. A diet with 40% soybean meal was determined to be cost competitive with current commercial diets used to produce Kampachi. A key ingredient is the requirement for taurine supplementation, so a 5% inclusion level is necessary to avoid a deadly nutritional deficiency called green liver disease.

Key Audience:
Aquaculture nutritionists, aquaculture feed producers, Kampachi producers

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

The outputs and deliverables from this program include:
1) a finfish aquafeed formulation 40% SPC inclusion, and portion of lipid component soybean-based, prepared by a commercial feed mill, with demonstrated performance, cost-effectiveness, without compromising taste or nutritional quality of the harvest. Completed by September 2018

2) a finfish aquafeed formulation with 48.5% SPC or greater inclusion, with portion of the lipid component soybean-based, which is free of marine-based ingredients. Completed by July 2018

3) a supply of seed of a soybean-based feedstock for aquaculture. This soybean is uniquely suited for an identity preserved soybean, with potential to meet the global demand of astaxanthin from a harvest across 4 million acres. Oct 2018
4) a cost effective algal-based feedstock for the production of taurine and EPA to aid in the development of a sustainable marine-free aquafeed, with high inclusion rates of soybean protein and lipid ingredients, for farming of high end finfish.

Final Project Results

Updated February 16, 2021:

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The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.