2017
Global Soy in Aquaculture Research
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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:
Philip Lobo, Smithbucklin Corporation
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
1730-352-0501
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
United Soybean Board
$465,145
Institution Funded:
Smithbucklin Corporation
$465,145
Brief Project Summary:

The target audience, animal nutritionists, buyers and end users, lack information on how to better include soy products in aquaculture diets. This project will deliver information that demonstrates opportunities for market expansion of soybean meal and soy protein concentrate into diets fed to aquatic animals.

This research project will support the Soy in Aquaculture Program, a coordinated program of the United Soybean Board and the United States Soybean Export Council, designed to demonstrate the superior value of U.S. soybean meal and soy protein concentrate versus fish meal in diets fed to aquatic animals. The research will focus on Grouper and Seriola. These species are large industries...

Unique Keywords:
#aquaculture
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Grouper:
? Develop a nutritional model for tiger grouper identifying key growth stage breakpoints
? Identify optimal inclusion level of SBM and SPC for tiger grouper to formulate appropriate diets for follow up validation
? Feed trial results that shows diet based on current knowledge of dietary requirements for humpback grouper provides faster, more efficient growth than common commercial diets
? Feed conversion for grouper will be increased from over 7:1 to 1.5:1 by 2019
? Grouper diets will include 15-40 percent soy-based products in feed formulation resulting in 10,000-28,000 tons of soy-based products used per year by 2019

Seriola rivoliana (Kampachi):
? Provide data to commercialize 40 percent SPC diets in Seriola rivolana (kampachi)
? Determine a path forward for approval of stearic acid-rich soybean oil in marine fish diets
? Transfer genetics for algal-based feedstock to target alga in order to provide a more cost-effective source for providing taurine and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) an omega- 3 fatty acid in fish feeds

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.