Aker Biomarine touts new study showing krill meal can reduce fishmeal, improve growth in bream

A new study shows the amount of fishmeal can be reduced and performance improved if krill meal is added to feed.

Conducted at the Institute of Sustainable Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (ECOAQUA), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, and focusing on gilthead seabream juveniles, the 12-week trial evaluated the growth of fish, when split into groups and fed a diet including 3 percent, 6 percent or 9 percent krill meal.

Directed by researchers from the Aquaculture Research Group (GIA) and Aker BioMarine, triplicate groups of fingerlings were randomly distributed in six experimental tanks, at a density of 55 fish per tank.