2018
Global Soy in Aquaculture Research
Contributor/Checkoff:
Category:
Export/Trade
Keywords:
Aquaculture
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Philip Lobo, Smithbucklin Corporation
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
1830-352-0501
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Leveraged Funding (Non-Checkoff):
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Brief Project Summary:

This research proposal will support both domestic and international aquaculture, coordinating and collaborating between USB, Soy Aquaculture Alliance and the United States Soybean Export Council, and is designed to demonstrate the superior value of U.S. SBM and SPC compared to other ingredients in diets fed to aquatic animals. The proposed research would address Grouper, Seriola, Shrimp, Seabass, Snakehead, Trout and Red Drum. These species are large industries currently underutilizing or consuming little or no SBM or SPC. The following criteria are used in the selection of species:

- Can be bred in captivity
- Hatchery technology is fully developed
- Will eat pelleted feed at early...

Unique Keywords:
#aquaculture
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

- Determine optimal inclusion levels of SBM and SPC for humpback grouper
- Improve understanding of fishmeal quality and soy protein interactions in grouper
- Seriola rivoliana feed formulation with 40% SPC prepared commercially with demonstrated performance and cost-effectiveness
- Seriola rivoliana feed with 48.5% SPC that is free of marine based ingredients
- Cost-effective algae that delivers taurine and eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) to fish diets with high levels of soy protein and oil
- Soybean variety that will increase SBM inclusion rate in shrimp diets
- Deliver quantifiable differences between soybean meals from the U.S. Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay
- Increase U.S. SBM inclusion rates in Asian seabass and striped snakehead diets from 2-5% to 15-25%.
- Have the trout industry begin using marine solubles to provide TMAO to reduce distal enteritis in high soy diets
- Show that a combination of vitamin B12, folate and methionine can improve growth performance in 60% SBM diets fed to red drum in both performance and nutritional stress
- Show that metabolites present in a natural diet need to be supplemented to achieve comparable growth in red drum fed high SBM diets
- Show that using automated feeding system for shrimp can increase feed intake and growth rate, resulting in increased SBM consumption
- Develop soy-based diets for burbot, a fish likely to be aquacultured soon
- Demonstrate that soy can be economically-justified at 30 percent inclusion rate in commercially-raised yellowfin tuna diets
- Confirm whether protein source affects taurine bioavailability in WSB and CYT

Final Project Results

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.