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Efficacy of a
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in a challenge study of white spot syndrome in
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10 Efficacy of a pharmaceutical preparation based on glycyrrhizic acid in a
challenge study of white spot syndrome in Litopenaeus vannamei
12 the unseen enemy
14 The Live Feed Revolution
16 The global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
18 Yeast cell wall and the immuno stimulation
22 The Chinese Conventional Freshwater Fish Industry
28 Trends in global compound feed production
30 Trade shifts and price volatility prediction
Regular items
7 THE AQUACULTURISTS
26 PHOTOSHOOT
32 EXPERT TOPIC - CARP
44 INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Creoso - welcome
am on my way to participate in the aquatic China and VIV meeting in Beijing as I write
this editorial. In the next issue of IAF we will report this event in detail and the range of
topics in aquaculture nutrition from experts around the world and China in particular.
This will be my second visit to this great nation and I am looking forward to the coming
week with my colleagues from the magazine publishers Roger Gilbert and Tuti Tan.
We have as usual, a most exciting issue for the autumn with a
variety of interesting news items and reports from the industry at large
and our continuing inclusion of related technology features that link
with feed delivery and management issues as well as novel engineering
systems bringing new opportunities for aquaculture. This is pertinent
for the RAS technology for aquaculture that we discuss.
Given major problems of disease in the global shrimp industry, we
report on new strategies to curb such problems by novel feed additives
in a controlled scientific challenge study.
Professor Simon Davies
Mycotoxins are the stealthy enemy of the animal feed industry with
aquafeed being no exception and so opportunities to utilise natural fee based additives as solutions is welcome and we feature the use of seaweed extracts as such agents.
Live feed revolutions in the early hatchery phases are making tremendous progress and a feature illustrates these approaches. Yeast is natures word food and a very topical feature reporting
on applications of yeast and yeast derived fractions as potent immune modulators in aquafeeds
offers a sound perspective for current and future use.
With China in mind it is appropriate that carp is our main fish focus in this issue and the
Chinese freshwater fish culture scene. No doubt I will enjoy sampling the delights of China on
my latest mission and so I must be catching my flight.
See you in the next edition and good reading till next time!
Simon Davies
Aqua News
The problem
The damage
Crabs are not an endangered or threatened species, so what's the issue? Scientists
have estimated that a derelict crab pot
can impact up to 30-square-feet of the
sea floor around it, depending on where
the pot landed. For example, a pot digging
out cavities in the sea floor can damage eel
grass beds. "If you think about 12,000 pots
sitting out there every year, and you add
that up, the numbers are pretty alarming in
terms of the kind of impact they are having
on marine habitat," Drinkwin said.
The causes
Totality...let's
imagine!
Ioannis Zabetakis,
assistant professor
of food chemistry,
university of Athens,
Greece
The clean-up
Crabbing is relatively easy and accessible, but that also leads to people setting
up pots without knowing how to do it
well. Drinkwin and her teams can't pick up
every crab pot left behind. So they've been
focusing on areas with high concentrations
of pots. "We recognized that what really
needs to happen is a combined approach
that includes some targeted removals in
areas where the concentrations of derelict
crab pots may be having an ecological
impact in the area, combined that with
really aggressive prevention campaigns that
will educate crabbers how not to lose their
pots and also we want to work more to
making sure that crab pots used in Puget
Sound have appropriate escape mechanisms," Drinkwin said.
he integrity or credibility
of a certificate about food
or feed safety assurance is
increasingly important.The overall
aim of cer tification is to offer
confidence to all stakeholders
in the market that a cer tified
company fulfils the requirements
of a normative standard of a
certification scheme.
Third party certification means
that a companys management
system its implementation and
daily operations are assessed
by an impartial and competent
party (certification body, auditor)
in a consistent way.
Aim of integrity
policy
Responsibility of the
certified company
Responsibility of the
certification body
Responsibility of the
scheme manager
Setting normative
standards
Setting rules of
certification
Integrity policy
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Changing the status quo
olm
McEvoy
joins the Azelis
Animal Nutrition
team in Ireland
as sales manager. Colm has
a B.AgrSc (Hons) in Animal
& Crop Production from
University College Dublin and
has a wealth of knowledge
in sales and development in
animal nutrition, ruminant
animal production as well as
quality assurance. He spent
the past two years working
for Connollys Red Mills in
Ireland as Sales Representative/
Nutritionist. Prior to this Colm
had worked as a ruminant
nutrition specialist for Richard
Keenan & Co Ltd based in
Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Colms appointment bolsters
the Azelis team in Ireland, driving
to improve customer service with
expertise and market knowledge;
delivering safe feed and encouraging environments that can help
support animal health, enhanced
performance and yields.
Azelis Animal Nutrition offers
a wide range of products,
including high quality feed mate-
FAMSUN
AQUACULTURE
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Capturing and
Valorising Research
Information and
Knowledge in
Aquaculture Nutrition
When I am asked what I do for
a living and answer research in
fish nutrition and aquaculture,
my interlocutors often get a
puzzled look on their face. Most
people, even those working in
animal production, dont know
how vibrant our field truly is.
A Vibrant Field
When you have thousands of
scientists and industry stakeholders attending congresses, symposia and workshops on aquaculture nutrition each year, one
can only conclude that our field
is very dynamic and draws of lot
interest. Each year, thousands
of research trials are carried out
by academic, governmental or
industrial research groups. These
research activities are supported
through generous funding from
numerous governmental granting
agencies and industry stakeholders. Hundreds of scientific
papers, technical documents,
and scientific communications
(abstracts) are published each
year on the nutritional requirements of a large number of
aquaculture species and on
the chemical composition and
nutritive value of an increasingly
wide variety of feed ingredients.
Making Sense of
State-of-the-Art
Significant efforts have been
invested over the past two
decades by my research team at
the UG/OMNR Fish Nutrition
Research Laboratory, as well
as a small number of other
research groups, to compile,
audit, standardize and analyze
data from hundreds of published
studies.
To do so, we have used various approaches: mathematical
modeling, statistical meta-analysis
and nutritional modeling. These
knowledge capture and
Valorisation efforts proved
to be valuable since they have
helped quantify the combined
effect of different interacting dietary, endogenous and
environmental factors. They
also allowed the development
of tools (e.g. models). Some
models enable the optimization
of feed composition to meet
Whats Missing?
Whats Next?
Tons of highly valuable information is generated each year by
our community. Some results
find some use but most are
never fully Valorised to their full
potential. My group has spent
countless hours going over and
entering data from a variety of
sources (our own experimental
results, published studies, information from feed manufacturers,
etc.) trying to extract valuable
information. I often dream of a
platform that would allow the
systematic and effective compilation, analysis, interpretation
and Valorisation of information
generated by global aquaculture
nutrition community. This system could be used to gather sufficient information allowing the
development of more robust
nutritional models applicable to
AQUACULTURE UPDATES
Coral trout and moray eels
communicate. Despite their stunning
colours and impressive pouts,the humble
trout has never been considered the
smartest of creatures. But the species
may have been underestimated. A new
study has found that the coral trout
could be just as clever as chimpanzees
when it comes to teamwor k.
UK researchers believe that the
trout are able to select the most
cooperative moray eels to help hunt
for prey and use movements, such
as headshakes, to communicate.
Coral trout are torpedo-shaped
and about 21in (50cm) long. They
have speed to chase down a fish
out in the open, while the moray
eel boasts a sinuous body to
find prey in hard-to-reach places.
The eel benefits by being able to eat
the fish chased into reef crevices by the
trout. The trout benefits by being able
to eat those fish the eel fails to catch.
Coral trout - along with close relative
the roving coral grouper - will use
gestures and signals to flag the location
of prey to an eel, including head shakes
and headstands that actually point the
eel in the right direction.
Norel has a new distributor in the
Colombian market. Biotecno-V is a
company specialised in raw materials
for animal nutrition and animal health.
Biotecno-V produce, commercialize
and distribute products with innovation
and add-value for the feed industry
sector. Norel, always thinking in the
customers services decided to open
new operations in Colombia. The
new project will allow them to have
presence in the feed additives sector
with specialized products, developed
with the higher technology and knowhow.
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A regular look inside the
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Import ban triggers union members to challenge Ghana
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NUMBER CRUNCHING
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t a small ceremony in
Aarhus, Denmark, the
final agreement for the
establishment of a Joint-Venture
feed company and a feed plant
in Turkey was signed by BioMar
CEO Mr Torben Svejgaard and
the owner of the Sagun Group
Mr Ahmet Sagun.
Torben Svejgaard expects the
factor y, which will be placed
near Izmir in the south west
of Turkey, to enter operation
towards the end of 2015. Turkish
fish far mer s will, however,
already in a few months be able
to purchase feed from other
BioMar factories through the
newly established BioMar-Sagun
feed company.
The BioMar-Sagun Joint-Venture
feed company will mainly serve
Turkey, the second largest aquaculture market in Europe, but once
the feed plant becomes operational the new feed company will
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New CEO
appointed for the
BioMar Group
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day with commercial shrimp drug-free
pellets (Camaronina Purina, Sonora,
Mxico) having: 35 percent protein
min, nine percent fat min, 3/32
in pellets and considering a three
percent feed intake per day with
respect to the biomass as established
by Alday-Sanz. Lack of ecdysis in shrimp was
ensured before initiation of this trial.
Glycyrrhizinic acid was incorporated to pelleted shrimp-feed as liquid Viusid (Catalysis
Spain, distributed by Dermaceutical Mxico,
S.A. de C.V. Mexico City). To achieve this,
540ml of the commercial preparation was
diluted in 100 litres of demineralized water.
Then pellets were dressing-sprayed on big
trays. Feed was allowed to dry at room temperature for eight hours, stored in paper bags
and fed to shrimps. The resistance mechanism
of shrimps to WSSV and other viruses is
incompletely understood.
Various studies on how shrimp survives
to viral infections state that the individual
immune processes play a key role, such as
infiltration, phagocytosis and encapsulation
of viruses within a given tissue. In shrimp,
the lymphoid organ is an integral part of
the circulatory system, and can act as viralparticle filter describe intra-nuclear bodies
in lymphoid organ cells of diseased shrimps
(L. vannamei) diagnosed with WSSV in
farms of the Persian Gulf. The lesions there
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Toxic activity
Carcinogenic / immunosuppressive
Ochratoxin A
Fumonasin B1
Carcinogenic / neurotoxic
Zearalenone
Estrogenic
Trichothecenes dermatoxic
T-2 toxins immunosuppressive
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Revolution
The Live Feed
Stable culture parameters are also important for biosecurity. Large fluctuations in
water temperature, nutrient availability, light
levels, and other factors, can cause a portion of the algae culture to die off. The
decomposing cells spike the total organic
carbon (TOC), creating an environment that
encourages the growth of early colonizers,
often pathogenic bacteria like vibrio. Vibrio
spp are the most common and serious pathogen in fish and shellfish marine aquaculture
worldwide (Chatterjee, et al. 2012). Despite
efforts to maintain biosecurity in the algae
room, pathogenic vibrio species can often be
found in algae bag cultures, and even in stock
cultures at aquaculture hatcheries (Elston, et
al. 2008).
However, healthy algae cultures can naturally limit vibrio growth, reducing vibrio counts in
the incoming water by 99 percent in 24 hours
(Lin Wei, Chen Dou, Liu Xiu-yun. 2000), and
even significantly reducing vibrio counts when
added to larval rearing tanks (C. Regunathan,
S.G. Wesley. 2004). Unstable culture conditions can have the opposite effect by increasing
TOC and encouraging vibrio to proliferate.
To boost the productivity, a star shaped
tank is used to double the surface area
exposed to light, letting cultures grow denser
before self-shading limit cell growth.
A touchscreen gives the operator control
over the various parameters, such as scale up
density, nutrient additions, light levels, harvest
FEATURE
ANTIMICROBIAL
RESISTANCE
WHOs (World Health Organization)
2014 report on global surveillance
of antimicrobial resistance reveals
that antibiotic resistance is no longer
a prediction for the future; it is
happening right now, across the world,
and is putting at risk the ability to treat
common infections in the community
and hospitals.
However, cell-cell signaling and coordinated microbial group behavior was officially
ascertained by Nealson and co-workers, who
reported that the bioluminescence developed by the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri (formerly Photobacterium fischeri) in
its symbiotic relationship with the Hawaiian
squid Euprymna scolopes (E. scolopes) was
controlled by one or more signaling molecules
accumulating in the extracellular milieu as a
function of cell growth (Nealson et al., 1970a).
V. fischeri infects the light organ of the squid,
where the cell density reaches 1010-1011
cells mL-1, then the signal molecules can
accumulate to an adequate concentration to
trigger the transcription of genes encoding
luminescence enzymes.
Microbial cell-cell signaling has become
known as quorum sensing (QS), this system
allows microorganisms to sense its own population density and when the external signal
(known as autoinducers) reaches a threshold
or quorum a number of target genes are
activated or repressed in order to synchronize
processes such as bioluminescence, antibiotic
production, conjugative DNA transfer, sporulation, virulence, biofilm formation, etc.
The best-known autoinducer is N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL)
It has been widely accepted that Gramnegative bacteria utilise various AHLs to regulate the mechanisms that help them to adapt
to changes in the environment. AHL signals
appear to be dedicated molecules produced
with the sole purpose of mediating specific
quorum sensing processes.
Different AHLs are usually characterized
by acyl chains with variable length, saturation
level and oxidation state. In AHL-dependent
quorum sensing systems the specificity of the
transcriptional activator protein for its cognate
AHL depends on both the length of the acyl
side chain and chemical modification at the
-position of the HSL ring.
Therefore, AHLs require an N-acyl side
chain of at least four carbons in length in order
to be functional under physiological conditions
in mammalian tissue fluids, and the longer the
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this microorganism is well characterized and
is used as a model system for many AHLproducing Gram-negative bacteria.
The genus Vibrio includes more than 30
species, many of which are associated with
human diseases, and have described QS systems for both inter-bacterial and intra-bacterial communication. Among them AHL system
is present in many Vibrio species, including V.
harveyi (closely related species such as Vibrio
campbellii and Vibrio parahaemolyticus) and
V. anguillarum which are amongst the most
Table 1:
Control
Test 1
Test 2
7 h (pH 6.4)
11
24 h (pH 8.6)
11
13
24 h (pH 6.2)
11
12
48 h (pH 8.6)
Barnase-Barstar complex.
48 h (pH 6.2)
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FEATURE
Yeast
cell wall
and the
immuno
stimulation
he world aquaculture activities have shown a rapid increase is the primary defence mechanism against infectious disease. A local
in production (17.8 percent per year) since 1997 (FAO, immune response in the intestinal mucosa is generated in different steps.
2007, Mohamed et al. 2010). With intensification of aqua- At first macrophages and other phagocytic cells, like dendritic cells, take
culture production, the spreading of disease has been the up the pathogen (nonspecific immunity), and destroy them with enzymes
main problem in the fish farming industry. Up until now, antibiotics and O-radicals, and process it for presentation to local T cells. Phagocytic
were used as treatment for fish
disease management and also in Table 1. Total count of bacteria, immunity items and proximate composition of the common carp fingerlings
order to offer a better growth fed diets containing different levels of ImmunoWall for 8 weeks.
performance and feed efficiency.
0.0 g/kg 0.5 g/kg 1.0 g/kg
1.5 g/kg
2.5 g/kg
As in the other animal species, the
Parameters
widespread usage of antibiotics as a
Total counts of bacteria (Log
9.18
7.78
7.50
7.30
6.96
feed additive in aquaculture has been
cfu/g intestine)
0.23
0.26
0.44
0.18
0.17
under intensive scrutiny, as there
Immunity items
are growing concerns over the risk
Albumin (g/l)
11.5
10.70
11.3
11.5
12.1
associated with the transmission of
0.4
0.7
0.5
0.5
0.8
resistant bacteria from aquaculture
Globulin (g/l)
13.09
12.7
13.6
14.6
15.6
environments to humans, and also
0.9
0.1
0.9
0.7
0.6
the risk associated with the introAlbumin:Globulin ratio
0.82
0.84
0.83
0.78
0.77
duction in the human environment
0.08
0.12
0.09
0.07
0.08
of nonpathogenic bacteria, containLeucocyte(x10 mm)
2.01
2.28
2.25
2.24
2.15
ing antimicrobial resistance genes,
0.04
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.02
and the subsequent transfer of such
Total protein (g/l)
25.4
23.4
24.9
26.1
27.7
genes to human pathogens.
On January 2006, the European
Union ratified a ban on the use
of all sub-therapeutic antibiotics as
growth-promoting agents in animal
production. Concomitant with the
ban of antibiotic growth promoters
(AGP) new strategies in feeding and
health management in fish aquaculture practice have received much
attention. The research of prebiotics
in fish nutrition is increasing with the
demand by consumers for safe products produced according the sustainable practices (Denev et al, 2009).
Aquaculture And
Protection Mechanism
0.55
0.35
0.40
0.25
0.15
Glucose (mg/l)
1196
2.51
1201
3.69
1200
3.60
1199
3.83
1195
3.51
Haematocrit (%)
27.7
0.72
27.9
0.35
26.9
0.46
26.6
0.37
26.4
0.65
Proximatencomposition (g/kg)
Initial
values
Moisture
746.66
6.43
715.33
4.37
709.07
2.99
708.72
3.11
707.51
5.12
703.93
3.64
Protein
132.3
3.6
145.18
1.21
146.57
1.72
150.79
1.68
153.21
2.24
156.40
1.96
Lipid
82.1
1.91
95.54
1.81
95.81
1.18
96.72
1.19
98.72
1.47
98.43
1.65
Ash
26.5
0.53
27.45
0.66
28.60
0.50
28.04
3.66
28.73
0.80
28.70
0.60
Energy
6.53
0.7
7.42
0.10
7.52
0.04
7.58
0.06
7.65
0.11
7.73
0.11
P:E ratio
20.27
0.56
19.55
0.24
19.46
0.11
19.88
0.35
20.0
0.46
20.22
0.09
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cells also secrete pro-inflammatory cytokines that stimulate the activity
and proliferation of those T and B cells that are most fit to attack the
type of pathogen that was presented by the phagocytic cell (specific
immunity) (Ghent, 2011).
Immunity in fish has an important role against pathogen agents. Fish
immune systems share some similarities to mammals. Fish, however,
rely more on non-specific defence mechanisms than mammals do. The
non-specific immune system of fish consists of several key humoral and
cellular components that provide innate protection against infection,
regardless of the pathogen type. Several studies have demonstrated
that immune-stimulants are very beneficial to fish immune system
(Denev et al., 2009)
Various mechanisms have been proposed to explain the specific
action of immune stimulants in fish, such as selective stimulation of
beneficial microbiota, improvement of immune functions, disease
resistance, survival, growth performance and feed efficiency.
Experimental Results
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in the fish fed a diet containing 2.5 g/kg prebiotic. Haematological
parameters and plasma total protein concentration were also significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the fingerlings fed diets containing 1.5 and
2.5 g/kg prebiotic in relation to the control.
The control fish contained the highest mean of total bacterial
counts. The lowest mean (p < 0.05) of total bacterial counts were
observed in the fish fed the diet containing 2.5 g/kg ImmunoWall.
The present study reveals that a dietary ImmunoWall supplementation from 1 to 1.5 g/kg is capable to improve the feed efficiency and
growth performance of C. carpio fingerlings as well as their resistance
to A. hydrophila infection and the ImmunoWall levels from 0 to 2.5
g/kg diet revealed no mortality throughout the experiment.
Discussion
It has recently been shown by Jafar Nodeh (2010) that supplementing the diet of the Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus) fingerlings with
the commercial prebiotic ImmunoWall considerably modified the
intestinal microflora. The author also reported that Lactobacillus (lactic
acid bacteria) population in the intestine of the fish fed a diet containing
2 g prebiotic/kg, was higher than that of other supplemented groups,
while total counts of bacteria steadily declined with an increase in the
prebiotic levels up to 2 g/kg diet (p < 0.05). Furthermore, it has been
confirmed, in a number of studies, that lactic acid bacteria as one of the
common probiotics have beneficial effects on the improvement of host
nutrition through the production of supplemental digestive enzymes;
they also produce bacteriocins that inhibit specific fish pathogens.
It seems that changes in villi morphology and density in the common
carp fingerlings fed with the prebiotic ImmunoWall are probably one
of the remarkable factors involving in the increased potential nutrient
capture thereby increased feed efficiency.
The increase in WBC (White blood cells) count might be due
to stress suffered by fish as a result of daily feeding on beta-glucan.
Conclusion
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and promotion of improved varieties of conventional freshwater fish
By mass selection, gynogenesis, hybridisation, marker-assisted breeding and other
breeding techniques, six new species have
passed the national validation, which are
Allogynogenetic crucian carp ZhongKe No.3
(Fig. 5), Songpu mirror carp (Fig. 6), FFRC
strain common carp (Fig. 7), Changfeng silver
carp (Fig. 8), Furong hybrids of common carp
and crucian carp (Fig. 9) and Songpu red
mirror carp (Fig. 10). It also bred new strains
of blunt nose black bream and grass carp.
Farming promotion of these improved species
has been carried out in most places in China,
resulting in huge economic and social influence. By the end of 2012, there were more
than 20 new improved seed multiplication
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PHOTOSHOOT
Our new editorial executive,
Olivia Holden was invited to
take part in the second annual
Breizh Algae Tour hosted by
Olmix, France
It was a pleasure to attend the second annual Breizh Algae Tour held in
Nantes, Rennes and Brehan, September 14th-17th 2014. The tour, entitled
Algae and Nutrition: a new approach to health brought together leading
scientific experts and researchers to enshrine Olmixs message that Algae
is one of the ways to meet the challenge of feeding nine billion people
sustainably by 2050 while respecting the fragile balance of our ecosystems.
Over 43 nationalities and 500 delegates were present at the tour which
explored in great depth the use of algae in plant, human and animal care.
The Breton spirit was alive throughout the tour. Delegates were treated to
traditional Breton music and cuisine.
Of particular interest were the talks and workshops given on algae for
aquaculture. Faced with the challenge of an ever-increasing population,
aquaculture is fast becoming the most sustainable source of protein for
human consumption notably in Asia. Coupled with this is the challenge of
sourcing raw materials for use in feed.
Equally, a further challenge facing aquaculture production is that of health.
An illuminating talk was given by Dr Loc Tran, one of the scientists
responsible for the discovery of the pathogen responsible for Early
Mortality Syndrome (EMS). The innovative and revolutionary use of algae is
now part of the solution in tackling this problem.
In this photoshoot you can find some of the highlights from the tour,
including The Great Elephant, an artistic, touristic and cultural project
based in Nantes. Furthermore, the launch of M Feed + was an exciting
opportunity for Olmix to showcase to a worldwide audience their everincreasing innovative range of products. In our next edition we bring you a
full report of the tour.
FISH FARMING
TECHNOLOGY
SUPPLEMENT
Recirculation
aquaculture
systems
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Technical aquaculture
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SUPPLEMENT
RAS
Recirculation aquaculture systems
because the water makes only one pass through the tank and then
is discarded. Although several improvements can be added to older
designs to reduce water usage and create hybrid types of operations,
these are not exactly true water recirculation farms.
Summary
There are various designs for recirculation systems and most will
By rearing the fish indoors, the farmer is no longer limited by work effectively if they accomplish oxygen and aeration, removal of parweather conditions where a sudden cold spell can wipe out a years ticulate matter, biological filtration to remove waste ammonia and nitrite
production by killing the larval fish or disrupting the normal spawning of and buffering of water pH levels. These processes can be achieved by
the brood fish. In addition, pond and cage culturists can lose their crop using the simple units, that use combination filters which are often used
to low oxygen during the summer or winter and have greater difficulty in small farm systems. In the case of larger farms filtration will often be
controlling predators. Having the fish indoors also permits harvest at carried out using several interconnected components and unit processes.
Land based fish farms that use RAS technologies are indeed an
times when heavy rain, snow or ice would stop the harvest of pond
fish or cage, creating a definite market advantage to the indoor farmer. alternative to pond and cage culture systems. As with any technology
Indoor RAS farms are designed to prevent stock escapement, meaning or any other business the operators must have the knowledge and
less potential for loss and mitigation of potential conflicts with regula- the inclination to manage the business and undertake the daily tasks
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technology overview
Pentair
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In demanding aquaculture applications, drum screen filters have
proven to be highly efficient and reliable in removing solids from
volumes of water large and small. Pentair Aquatic Eco-Sytems is
product to offer our DSF Series line of drum screen filters, with a
wide range of models, sizes and micron ratings to meet the specific
needs of nearly any field application. Featuring a field-proven design
and the highest quality materials available, the DSF Series follow
the simple, robust and time-tested principles of drum screen screen
filter operation.
Water containing solids enters the rotary drum in the front of
the system. Water passes through the micro-mesh filter, which
filters out solids (for increased durability, stainless steel wedge-wire
filtration material is also available). As the filter mesh or wedge-wire
material becomes increasingly loaded with solids, the water level
within the drum increases to the point that it triggers the cleaning
process. As the drum starts to rotate, the spraybar nozzles scour
the filter mesh or wedge wire with high-pressure water, returning
the screen to its original permeability. This allows the internal water
level to drop and stop the cleaning process. Solids that are cleaned
from the water are collected in a trough and transported away from
the drum screen filter.
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of maintenance.
Selling state of the art technology, we develop all projects completely in house - from basic calculation to 3D model farm design.
We know what we are doing-all our staff have practical farming
background in recirculation and flow through systems.
We worked with Trouts, Chars, Salmons, Sturgeons, European
Perch, Pike Perch and Cyprinids.
WATER proved is working together with notable suppliers such
as Hydrotech, Lykkegaard and Ultra Aqua. All individually manufactured devices in plastic or steel are made in Germany and from
highest quality.
WATER proved will join Aquaculture Europe in San Sebastian
on booth No. 25. We consider the show an excellent place for
exchanging with international scientists, farmers and business partners. There are already lots of meetings arranged with customers
during the exhibition. From the venue San Sebastian we hope to
get into contact with new customers from Europe and especially
France and Spain. Our French representative, Mr. Sylvain Delord
from Smart Aqua, will also join us during this show.
Primzone Ozone
Research shows that water treatment with ozone increases productivity at RAS aquaculture systems.
Three reasons why ozone in aquaculture improves water quality
and increases aquaculture productivity.
As recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) operate by reusing
the fish tank water it is essential to control the water quality. Many
studies show that treating RAS systems with ozone increases productivity as fish health and survival is increased.
At RAS the organic load tend to be high and the homogeneous fish stock leads to a high risk of infections and problems with
bacteria, fungi and viruses. Although ozone is not primarily used for
disinfection at RAS the reduction of solids and DOC often creates
an environment that is less favourable for bacterial growth and thus
creates a reduced need for disinfection.
1. Removal of colloidal solids with ozone micro flocculation
The organic load is a constant concern for RAS systems,
especially when the fish density is high and the water exchange
rate low. Ozone has the ability to cause clumping or micro
flocculation of fine and colloidal solids, which in turn facilitates
removal by filtration and sedimentation.
2. Removal of dissolved organic compounds
Ozone changes the characteristics of the dissolved organic
compounds (DOC) by oxidation and precipitation that makes
it easier to remove the DOC by bio filtration and sedimentation.
3. Turn lethal nitrite into harmless nitrate with ozone treatment
A high organic load is a favorable environment for nitrite
growth. When reducing the organic load with ozone treatment the risk of nitrite growth is also reduced. Ozone also has
the ability to oxidize nitrite to nitrate.
Suffer with any of the above problems with water quality at your
RAS plant? Contact our Aquaculture Specialist Dan Johansson.
How Primozone can help you increase productivity with ozone
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Primozone offers unique solutions for water treatment of recirculating aquaculture. We offer ozone generators and ozone water
treatment systems that are especially designed for the aquaculture
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ozone levels automatically controlled by redox/orp values in
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Technical
aquaculture
conference
- Focus on the
Mediterranean
by Ruby Bircher
by Dr Pierpaolo Patarnello
Veterinary Fish Pathologist
Dr Pierpaolo Patarnello, an early pioneer from
Mediterranean marine aquaculture who has
been in the industry for twenty years spoke.
He gave an informative presentation on how to
modernise fish farming, stating that, Aquaculture
cannot be reinvented as [in] the past. In order
to achieve this, a new approach must be found.
Following a holistic approach, the welfare of the
workers, the welfare of the animals, the protection of the environment and food safety are all
vital factors to be considered in reaching this
goal. By improving and regenerating the trade,
Dr Patarnello says that Turkey will be the leader
of aquaculture in the Mediterranean.
The Mediterranean is a diverse ocean for
fish farming from west to east, with dedicated
industry sites spread throughout. However,
Turkey has to take more care than they are
currently doing with regards to environmental
impact. Currently, minority species fish are
being developed at the same level and in the
same way that bass and sea bream were in the
early 2000s. Choice of feed, water control and
sanitation must be bettered to see the industry,
as a whole, improve. Sanitary control, in particular, is critically importantpathology is just
the tip of the iceberg. Diseases easily develop
in water and, in the aquaculture industry it
Technological Developments in
the Open Seas in Fish Farming
- by Darko Lisac of Refa Med Italy
Darko Lisac of Refa Med Italy has been
in aquaculture for thirty-five years. In 1977,
the first trials of marine cage farming in the
Mediterranean began, creating an early-stage
cage. This later developed into steel cages,
however, it was found that the strength of
the waves caused the metal to crack. Cages
with flexible structures fit for absorbing the
force of the waves and environmental conditions were soon produced however, a new
challenge arose where, in the open seas, the
waves are even greater. Circular cages were
later manufactured to solve this problem as it
was found that it could withstand the severe
exposure.
New nets are also now being tested,
using high tenacity polyolefin (plastic) to
produce knotless nets. As Tom Blacker from
International Aquafeed saw at an earlier show
this year-Aquaculture UK, W&J Knox are just
one of the companies who manufacturer
these products. However in Turkey, these nets
are excellent in local conditions because of
the following reasons:
No water absorption
UV protection
The waxy surface reduces the amount
of fouling
Easy to clean in situ in which it is resistant to abrasion
High tensile strength- the fibres are
woven together tightly
Mr. Lisac then moved on to talk about other
equipment such as grid mooring farms and
the challenges facing them: big storms, the
FEATURE
TRENDS
in global compound
aquafeed production
Total
feeds
used
1995
9,136
7,526
1996
10,361
9,001
1997
11,071
10,297
1998
11,790
11,398
Year
1999
12,942
12,175
2000
13,943
13,837
2001
15,192
15,150
2002
16,208
16,648
2003
18,601
19,284
2004
19,443
20,620
2005
20,892
22,241
2006
22,719
24,012
2007
24,892
26,698
2008
26,723
29,006
2009
28,395
31,257
2010
30,414
33,494
2011
32,862
36,092
2012
35,717
39,617
2015
43,233
49,736
2020
56,226
65,401
2025
71,104
87,136
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announced by 2020 that all of their farms will
be Aquaculture Stewardship Council certified.
This will enable the industry to display sustainability credentials exceeding virtually any other
modern aquaculture or livestock industry. The
aim for GSI is to highlight how truly committed they are in harvesting a product that is as
healthy to humans as it is to the environment.
Interestingly the report highlights that
few salmon farmers have made significant
investments in other species in aquaculture
and possibly suggests that organisations may
believe that knowledge and experience in
salmon farming does not equate to potential
success in other species.
The suggestion by Nikolik is that a potentially more synergetic opportunity could be
the aquaculture of algae and seaweeds, a
sector receiving increasing attention from
academia, investors and the salmon industry.
The diversity of algae and seaweeds opens
up many conceivable markets beyond human
consumption. Research to date has shown
that seaweed fields grown adjacent to the
salmon farms enable small fish to shelter, and
some of those (example given is the lumpfish,
Cyclopteridae family) prey on the sea lice.
There is still some way to go with this before
suggesting it is a solution but it is certainly a
promising development.
Cost control is essential. As mentioned
feed costs, pest and disease control and
EXPERT TPIC
EXPERT TOPIC
CARP
Welcome to Expert Topic. Each issue will take an in-depth look
at a particular species and how its feed is managed.
EXPERT TPIC
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Global overview
ers and canals. In the UK carp grow to weights in excess of 60lb and
dedicated anglers spend days, weeks, months and sometimes years just
trying to out wit their target fish, these carp can come in all shapes and
sizes with varieties including common, mirror and leather carp.
Here in the UK the demand for carp is ever on the increase with
avian predation at every stage of a young carps life and otters making
a successful come back in the wild.
In the UK with the demand for quality carp being so high, we dedicate such large areas of land to the construction of mud ponds, lakes
and huge re-circulation farms with hundreds of tanks loaded with high
end filtration and top quality diets trialed for the best for feed conversion rates possible so that we can grow the carp as quickly as possible
with out it being detrimental to the fish themselves.
As producers we are able to breed millions of fish, during the hatchery stage we cross specific brood stock to ensure the scale patterns
that are most desirable to the customers, such as fully scaled mirror
carp, zip linears and true leather carp and, of course, the traditional
common carp.
However, carp (Cyprinus Carpio) are actually found to be more of
an invasive species in other parts of the globe, due to their successful
breeding nature. In some countries such as Australia they are seen as
vermin only fit to feed crocodiles.
On the whole, carp are a very valuable fish within aquaculture.
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EXPERT TPIC
Investigation into
alternative commercial
diets for carp (Cyprinus
carpio) production on
their rates of growth
and feed utilisation
Because the agricultural diets are not complete formulated feeds for fish we combined
them at a ratio of 2:1 with a bespoke fish
diet to ensure that all nutritional requirement
were met.
EXPERT TPIC
SPECIALIST
IN FISH FEEDS
arp farming is one of the oldest forms of fish farming and today common and
mirror carp are still farmed for the table all over the world. Another important
segment is farming carp for restocking natural waters and commercial fisheries
for angling purposes.
Results
Carp are characterised by the lack of a stomach and have a long intestine. This type of
digestive tract fits an omnivorous lifestyle in which zooplankton, invertebrates and
fibrous plant material play a large role. The longer gut length is required to deal with a
high level of less digestible material in the natural diet of the fish. A much longer exposure
period to the digestive enzymes within the gastric tract is required for an efficient digestion.
Since the protein intake is relatively low, carp function well without having a real stomach
that normally is important for the first step in the protein digestion. These characteristics
are important considerations for making feed formulations and are the starting point for the
Coppens carp feed program. All the formulations not only meet the nutritional requirements
of carp in the respective life phases but are made with ingredients selected for digestibility
and palatability. By extruding the feeds the digestibility and the water stability of the pellets
is further improved.
After the winter carp have used up much of their energy reserves. In early spring they
need to gain back their condition quickly and prepare themselves for the spawning season.
Therefore a nutritious diet with sufficient protein and oil is required and ample vitamins
and minerals. This will help the carp to recondition and gain weight while building up their
gonads. A good choice is CarpCo Basic Select or even TroCo Prime-18 which meet these
requirements and are very tasty to carp. These feeds are available in many pellet sizes to suit
all sizes of carp. These pellets have good water stability so that also in cold water the carp
have enough time to find them. It is recommended to feed in fixed spots or confined areas
at certain times so that interested carp know where and when to check those places.
CarpCo Basic Select and TroCo Prime-18 are also the right feeds to feed through the summer
and in autumn to help achieve good growth rates. The higher oil level fulfils the fishs demand for
energy and reserves the protein for growth so that less ammonia is formed which helps to maintain a good water quality. It also helps to built up some energy reserves during autumn when carp
still eat well which is essential to help them through the cold winter period. In summer and autumn
once per day or per 2 days can be fed depending on stocking density and natural food availability.
Late autumn, when the water temperature sinks below 10-12 C, and during the winter
a different feed can be given. The metabolism and digestion of carp slows down when the
water gets colder and a less concentrated feed or a lower feeding level is required. CarpCo
Excellent is a good choice now. This feed has a lower oil level that can still be well digested at
low water temperatures. The cereal rich CarpCo Excellent is suitable to help maintain a good
condition. Feeding should be done once per 2 or 3 days till the temperature goes below 6-8
C. Feed a rather small size giving a large number of pellets per volume so that all carp have a
fair chance to pick up their share. While calculating the amount of feed, the amount of natural
food and what will be fed by the fishermen have to be taken into account.
EXPERT TPIC
There was a very highly significant difference in the diets PERs.(p>0.001,f =70,d.f.3,8)
The Trout diet had a highly significantly higher
Protein Efficiency ratio (PER) than all the
other diets (p<0.01) The Layer diet mix had
a significantly higher protein efficiency ratio
(PER) than the Distiller diet mix and the Carp
diet. (p<0.05)
There was a very highly significant difference in the diets SGRs.(p>0.001,f =66,d.f.3,8)
Conclusion
EXPERT TPIC
Table 4 Summary of the mean performance of each diet after 6 weeks (+/- 95% C.I.)
FCR
PER
% Weight gain
SGR%
Dist/Tr
3.12
211(+/-5)
1.95(+/-0.37)
1.46(+/-0.28)
75%(+/-17)
2%(+/-0.3)
Trout
2.40
183(+/-13)
1.02(+/-0.02)
2.13(+/-0.04)
124%(+/-5)
2.9%(+/-0.1)
Carp
3.45
237(+/-13)
2.06(+/-0.08)
1.52(+/-0.06)
80%(+/-4)
2.1%(+/-0.1)
Lay/Tr
4.25
301(+/-5)
2.17(+/-0.16)
1.77(+/-0.13)
96%(+/-12)
2.4%(+/-0.2)
F/V/G(Island):2015
Hampshire Carp
Hatcheries
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Feed Ingredients
Nutrition
Additives
Specialist conferences:
The FIAAP Conference 2015
Petfood Forum Europe 2015
Aquafeed Horizons International 2015
The FEFAC Public AGM
The IFF Feed Conference 2015
The GRAPAS Conference 2015
AEBIOM Biomass & Biomass Pelleting 2015
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Feed and
feeding
practices of
Carp in India
by B. Laxmappa, Fisheries Development
Officer, Department of Fisheries, India,
e-mail: laxmappaboini@gmail.com
Indian
Major
Carp
Exotic
Carp
Common
Name
Scientific Name
Catla
Catla catla
(Hamilton)
Rohu
Labeo rohita
(Hamilton)
Mrigala
Cirrhinus mrigala
(Hamilton)
Silver
carp
Hypophthalmichthys
malitrix (Valenciennes)
Grass
carp
Ctenopharyngodon
idella (Valenciennes)
Common
carp
Cyprinus carpio
(Linnaeus)
Feed resources
EXPERT TPIC
Ingredients
Moisture
(%)
Crude
Protein (%)
Crude Fat
(% DM)
Fibre (%
DM)
Carbo
hydrates
(% DM)
Ash
(% DM)
Rice bran
7-10
12-16
12-14
8-12
40-45
5-8
8-10
15-18
1-2
10-15
45-50
8-12
Groundnut cake
7-10
40-43
4-8
6-7
30-33
8-10
Sunflower cake
10-12
30-32
4-8
15-18
30-35
8-10
Mustard cake
11-12
32-38
5-7
11-15
30-35
6-7
7-10
32-35
6-8
12-16
35-40
8-12
Table 3: Major feed ingredients available in India during the year 2007-08
Ingredients
Quantity
(million
tonnes)
5.70
Groundnut cake:
Arachis hypogaea
6.00
Sunflower cake:
Helianthus annuus
1.00
Mustard cake:
Brassica nigra
3.78
Cotton seed
cake: Gossypium
herbaceum
8.50
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Oryza sativa
classifies as energy supplements. The ingredients that contain 20 percent or more protein
are grouped as protein supplements (Table 2).
Among the different nutrients in fish feed, the
protein is considered as the costliest one and
is essentially required for growth, tissue repair,
reproduction and health of fish. It is reported
that about 40-80 per cent of the feed cost is
due to protein alone and therefore, the success of aquaculture depends on the efficient
utilization of dietary protein. But the utilization
of dietary protein by an organism depends on
types of diet, source of protein, digestibility of
dietary protein, its amino acid profile, the ratio
of energy to protein in diet and the amount of
protein supplied.
The total volume of manufactured feed
sold in the country in 2010 was 60,000 tonnes
of pelleted fish feed and 3,72,000 tonnes of
extruded floating feed. The fish feed ingredients are the finite resources and many of
these ingredients are having multiple users by
other animal production systems such as dairy
and poultry and it is envisaged that there will
be acute shortage of ingredients in the days
to come. The fish feed resources are mainly
comprised of the by-products of the agroprocessing industries and the availability of
these by-products depends on the production
of the main crops like oilseeds, cereals and
pulses which in turn depend on the success/
failure of monsoon (Table 3).
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Table 2: Chemical composition of some feed ingredients in percent dry matter (DM)
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Table 4: Generally suggested feeding rates
for industrial pellets for Indian major carps
(Bharat Lux Indo Company)
Sinking pellet (18-20% crude protein) Extruded floating pellet (28% crude protein)
Fish size
(g)
<100
% body
weight
per day
Fish size
(g)
3.0
<100
% body
weight
per day
2.8
101300
2.0
101-150
2.3
301500
1.5
151-200
1.8
501700
1.2
201-250
1.6
701900
1.0
251-500
1.3
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5011000
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Company
Ananda Feeds
Uno Feeds
Growel Feeds
Kwality Feeds
C. P. Feeds
Mulpuri Feeds
Nexus Feeds
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Feeding practices
EXPERT TPIC
The supplementary feed used in
aquaculture generally consists of
rice bran and groundnut oilcake
which are compounded in 1:1 or
2:1 and some farmers use mustard oilcake in place of groundnut oilcake. Cake-bran mixture in
conjunction with natural fish-food
organisms is still a practice for semiintensive carp farming in India. This
mixture is not nutritionally balanced, and
is normally used to supplement protein and
energy. Plankton plays a major role in sustaining fish growth and optimizing feed conversion
ratio (FCR). Stocked species about 50 percent
protein, 8 percent lipid and 27 percent carbohydrate and 4 Kcal/g gross energy from natural
food organisms like plankton and of animal
origin. Phytoplankton provides high quantities
of n-3 and n-6 poly- unsaturated fatty acids.
Owing to non-availability of commercial
feeds and economic reason, more than 90%
farmers use farm-made feeds of cake-bran
mixture or improved version of the feed
mixture in carp culture. The farm-made feeds
are prepared based on ingredient availability
and feeding experiences. In Andhra Pradesh,
farmers use defatted rice bran and groundnut
oilcake in 7:3 ratio with feed additives mineral
and vitamin mixtures. And a farmer in Punjab
is reported to enrich his traditional cake-bran
mixture with animal protein sugar industry
EXPERT TPIC
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fish feeds. Presently more than a dozen feed mill operations with
an installed monthly capacity close to 36,000 mt (Table 5). This
major expansion will have to find a larger user base to which it
can sell feed products.
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in a difficult position when scarce travel budgets are only approved for oral
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Welcome to the market place, where you will find suppliers of products and services to the industry - with help from our
friends at The International Aquafeed Directory (published by Turret Group)
Additives
Chemoforma
+41 61 8113355
www.chemoforma.com
Evonik
+49 618 1596785
www.evonik.com
www.stifnet.com
Westeel
VAV
+31 71 4023701
www.westeel.com
www.vav.nl
+31703074120
www.liptosa.com
www.sonac.biz
+33 2 41 72 16 80
www.tsc-silos.com
GMP+ International
STIF
Certification
Liptosa
Sonac
TSC Silos
www.go4b.com
www.gmpplus.org
Enzymes
Conveyors
Ab Vista
Vigan Enginnering
+32 67 89 50 41
Analysis
R-Biopharm
+44 141 945 2924
www.r-biopharm.com
+43 2272 6153310
www.buhlergroup.com
Evonik
+49 618 1596785
www.evonik.com
Bhler AG
+41 71 955 11 11
Amino acids
JEFO
Colour sorters
Romer Labs
www.romerlabs.com
www.abvista.com
www.vigan.com
www.jefo.com
Satake
www.extru-techinc.com
www.satake-group.com
Computer software
Event organisers
Adifo NV
Cenzone
www.adifo.com
www.eurasiafairs.com
www.cenzone.com
Bags
www.formatinternational.com
Mondi Group
Colour sorters
Extruders
Almex
+31 575 572666
www.almex.nl
SEA S.r.l.
www.mondigroup.com
Amandus Kahl
www.seasort.com
Bin dischargers
Denis
+33 2 37 97 66 11
www.akahl.de
Consergra s.l
Andritz
+45 72 160300
www.consergra.com
www.andritz.com
Bentall Rowlands
FrigorTec GmbH
Brabender
www.bentallrowlands.com
www.frigortec.com
www.brabender.com
Geelen Counterflow
www.chief.co.uk
www.geelencounterflow.com
Croston Engineering
Muyang Group
www.croston-engineering.co.uk
www.muyang.com
Wenger Manufacturing
+32 51723128
+1 785-284-2133
www.sce.be
www.wenger.com
www.denis.fr
Bulk storage
Silos Cordoba
+34 957 325 165
www.siloscordoba.com
Symaga
+34 91 726 43 04
www.symaga.com
Elevator buckets
Alapala
+90 212 465 60 40
www.alapala.com
Tapco Inc
+1 314 739 9191
www.tapcoinc.com
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Buhler AG
+41 71 955 11 11
www.buhlergroup.com
Dinnissen BV
+31 77 467 3555
www.dinnissen.nl
Insta-Pro International
+1 515 254 1260
www.insta-pro.com
Ottevanger
+31 79 593 22 21
www.ottevanger.com
Zheng Chang
+86 21 64188282
www.zhengchang.com
Palletisers
Feed
Aller Aqua
+45 70 22 19 10
www.aller-aqua.com
+55 11 4873-0300
www.ehcolo.com
www.kepler.com.br
Obial
+34 973 21 60 40
+45 75 398411
PAYPER, S.A.
SPAROS
Website: www.sparos.pt
Silos
Ehcolo A/S
www.payper.com
www.obial.com.tr
Pellet binders
MYSILO
Akzo Nobel
+31 26 47 90 699
www.wynveen.com
www.mysilo.com
www.bredol.com
Hatchery products
Symaga
Borregaard LignoTech
+34 91 726 43 04
+47 69 11 80 00
Reed Mariculture
www.symaga.com
www.lignotechfeed.com
www.reed-mariculture.com
PellTech
Tornum AB
+47 69 11 80 00
www.pelltech.org
www.tornum.com
Laboratory equipment
Bastak
+90 312 395 67 87
Pest control
+33 2 97 89 25 30
www.rentokil.co.uk
www.aqualabo.fr
Pipe systems
Agromatic
Jacob Sohne
www.binmaster.com
FineTek Co., Ltd
Aqualabo
Level measurement
BinMaster Level Controls
Sensors
www.bastak.com.tr
+41 55 2562100
www.agromatic.com
www.jacob-pipesystems.eu
Dol Sensors
Used around
all industrial
Plants
sectors.
Andritz
Vega
72 160300
www.andritz.com
Moisture analyzers
+41 71 955 11 11
www.dishman-netherlands.com
+33 14 1475045
Muyang Group
www.chopin.fr
Probiotics
www.nir-online.de
Packaging
Vacines
Recruitment
JCB Consulting
www.seedburo.com
Ridgeway Biologicals
+44 1635 579516
www.ridgewaybiologicals.co.uk
Vacuum
www.jcb-consulting.com
+31 26 47 90 699
www.wynveen.com
Rolls
Leonhard Brietenbach
+49 271 3758 0
www.breitenbach.de
OJ Hojtryk
+45 7514 2255
CB Packaging
www.nabim.org.uk
www.biomin.net
NIR-Online
Seedburo
NIR systems
nabim
Biomin
Hydronix
www.hydronix.com
Training
www.muyang.com
www.doescher.com
Dishman
Buhler AG
www.buhlergroup.com
CHOPIN Technologies
www.oj-hojtryk.dk
Safety equipment
Weighing equipment
Parkerfarm Weighing Systems
+44 1246 456729
www.parkerfarm.com
Yeast products
Leiber GmbH
+49 5461 93030
Rembe
www.leibergmbh.de
www.rembe.com
+33 3 20 81 61 00
www.lesaffre.fr
arlos Diaz, 45 years, is a Veterinarian and holds an MBA with specialisation in Marketing & Commercial Management. He joined
BioMar Chile in 2000 as General Manager, when BioMar took over the local Chilean fish feed company Ecofeed, where he has
worked since 1994. He became Vice-President in 2006, when BioMar introduced a regional structure and in 2009 he changed his
position as Vice-President for BioMar Americas with the position as Vice-President for BioMar Continental Europe. In 2013 he again
took over the responsibility of BioMars markets in South and Central America as well as business development and holds today the
title as Vice-President for Continental Europe, Americas, and Business Development for BioMar.Carlos Diaz will assume the position
as CEO of BioMar towards the end of 2014 replacing the actual CEO Torben Svejgard.
AQUACULTURE
INDUSTRY FACES
Dr Dimcho Djouvinov joins AB Vista
n response to continuing growth in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia, AB Vista is pleased
to announce that Dr Dimcho Djouvinov will provide additional technical support to AB Vista customers
and distributors across the EMEA region. Dr Djouvinov expands the AB Vista technical team following a
strong increase in sales during the past 12 months, and the recent launch of the companys revolutionary
Quantum Blue phytase.
With a PhD from the University of Zootechnics and Veterinary Medicine in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, Dr
Djouvinov has extensive animal nutrition experience across all key livestock production species. He also held at
one time the position of Associate Professor (Animal Nutrition) at the veterinary faculty of Trakia University,
Bulgaria. Recent work has included a role as technical manager for Cargill Animal Nutrition Bulgaria and a focus on poultry nutrition
with Premier Nutrition.
Its not enough to have great products, you also need great people to provide the dedicated support customers have come to
expect from a company like AB Vista, states Dr Rob ten Doeschate, AB Vista Technical Director for EMEA.
Dr Djouvinov fits into that role perfectly, and will be a great asset in helping our customers get the maximum value from their
investment in AB Vista products and services.
Initially concentrating on the Russian-speaking countries within EMEA, Dr Djouvinov will also provide support to other CEE markets, as needed, and were looking forward to working with him as we continue to expand sales throughout the region.
For more information, contact AB Vista on +44(0)1672 517 650 or info@abvista.com.
he Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) is delighted to announce that long-time supporter Iain
Shone will continue with the organisation, acting as its Development Director. Shone has been
committed to GAAs mission of responsible aquaculture for 15 years, supporting the development
the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program from the outset and guiding the
organizations evolution as a Director on the Board. Previously, Shone served on GAAs Executive Committee,
representing Lyons Seafoods Ltd. He acted as the UK suppliers Director of Sourcing until stepping down last
month.
Effective August 26, Shone will be joining GAA on a part-time basis to support the development of GAA
and BAP activities. He will report to GAA Executive Director Wally Stevens.
His experience and knowledge of the full seafood supply chain as a member of Lyons management team, his recognition as an
industry statesman and his understanding and enthusiastic support for the work of GAA will be of great value to the organization as it
moves forward, said Stevens.
We are delighted that Iain will remain with GAA as its Development Director, he added. He is an asset for continuing to advance
our program development.
Added Shone, GAA is a tremendous organization. It has achieved so much positive change throughout the globe for our industry.
Its an honour to continue to serve and to help contribute to improving and developing responsible seafood production.
he SAIC, which was launched in June, brings together industry and research to provide innovative
solutions with the aim of growing the already substantial contribution aquaculture makes to the
Scottish economy. Heather, a native of Ayrshire, brings 25 years' experience in national and
international policy making as a senior advisor to the UK Government. Heather Jones said: I am
delighted to be invited to be the CEO of the new Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre.
I look forward to working with industry large and small, academic institutions and Government. Together we can
identify, create and commercialise technological innovations. I share the aspiration of the SAIC board that Scotland's
academic institutions and industry be world class, by channeling our creativity and innovation to support a growing aquaculture sector and a prosperous Scottish economy.
After a Geography degree at Edinburgh University, Heathers career began in 1989 in the Scottish Office where she worked in a range
of posts from setting up Scottish Natural Heritage and dealing with environmental policy, to being Private Secretary to Lord James
Douglas-Hamilton, MP Scottish Office Minister for Education, Housing and the Highlands and Islands. Heather then worked as Principal
Team Leader in marine fisheries in Cabinet Secretariat in the first Labour-Liberal Coalition Government in Scotland.
Heather has experience working outside government: in the late 1990s, following her MBA, Heather led Locate in Scotland's operations in Houston, Texas, where she secured 45m of foreign direct investment to the benefit of Scotland's economy.
On promotion to the Senior Civil Service in 2001, Heather worked with Scotland's further and higher education sectors, and supported skills and lifelong learning. In her role as Deputy Director in Marine Scotland in 2009, she oversaw the production of the Strategic
Framework for Scottish Aquaculture, set up a new industry-led body, Scotland Food and Drink, and negotiated in international fora in
Norway and Canada on behalf of Scotland's aquaculture industry.
DL-Methionine
for Aquaculture
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