The local government n the Philippines has announced plans to expand seaweed production areas in the country.
As well as marketing raw seaweed for food, it will also be used in the production of seaweeds chips, noodles, and pickles, which are highly marketed to different outlets in the province.
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Aarhus University of Denmark, together with the Danish Shellfish Centre, is looking into a new project that aims to establish whether starfish and mussels could be used as alternative sources of protein for laying hens and young pigs.
As part of the project, mussels and starfish fished from the Danish fjords are mixed in with the feed of six pigs being kept at Aarhus University’s research centre.
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With an ever-increasing demand for sustainable farmed seafood, the food supply for farmed fish is beginning to run thin.
In light of this, Fisheries and Oceans Canada - a government department - is researching the plausibility of alternative ingredients.
“Canola, soybean, poultry meals, corn-gluten meal – these are [all] common ingredients used in agriculture feeds,” Ian Forster, aquatic animal nutrition scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada told CBC News.
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Aarhus University of Denmark, together with the Danish Shellfish Centre, is looking into a new project that aims to establish whether starfish and mussels could be used as alternative sources of protein for laying hens and young pigs.
As part of the project, mussels and starfish fished from the Danish fjords are mixed in with the feed of six pigs being kept at Aarhus University’s research centre.
Full news available here.
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