1. Rick Barrows Aquatic Feed Technologies, LLC
Kevin Fitzsimmons
University of Arizona
Rick Barrows Aquatic Feed Technologies, LLC
Alternative versus sustainable
Sustainable is vague to me but to many people it means very specific things and not everybody agrees, so I am staying away from it.

2. Today 1) Fishmeal; why before, why now
Nutrients are critical, not ingredients
F3 Challenges and Feed Innovation Network

3. Fishmeal Reasons for inclusion; Abundant Capture fishery;
- herrings, sardines, anchovies, etc.
- 10 years ago; 40-60% salmonid and shrimp diets
Reasons for inclusion;
Abundant
Cheap on protein unit basis
- Very palatable
Fish grow very fast

4. Fishmeal Problems Today - Demand increasing
- Cost Increasing
Nutrient discharge, P
- Fishmeal variability
Species, season, mill
Contaminants PCB’s, heavy metals, etc.
Sustainability
Forage fish needed for other marine predators

6. Changing uses of fishmeal and oil
Point is fish meal and oil have been around long before aquaculture but because of dependence expansion may be limmited

7. Alternate Sources of Protein to Fish Meal 1970-2017
33,000 articles in a Google Scholar search
Factors limiting replacement
Need to match all nutrients in fishmeal
Anti-nutrients in alternative ingredients

8. Million metric tons Soybean Meal Soy Oil Fish Meal Fish Oil 1961 1980
WORLD PRODUCTION OF FISHMEAL, FISH OIL, SOYBEAN MEAL & SOYBEAN OIL
Million metric tons
Soybean Meal
Soy Oil
Fish Meal
Fish Oil
1961
1980
1998

9. Novel ingredients Algae meals and oils Single cell proteins
Insect meals and oils
Plant and animal by-products

10. The F3 Challenge
First Phase

12. The F3 Challenge
Second Phase

13. Criteria for Winning
Product criteria: 1. Is in dry powder or liquid form, 2. Is free of marine animal ingredients, and 3. Has a fatty acid profile that meets the range criteria in the table below:
Omega 6
20:4
ARA (% of total fat)
Omega 3
20:5
EPA (% of total fat)
22:6
DHA (% of total fat)
n3:n6 Ratio
Range
8.4-17
Target
0.9
12.7
8.9
14.35
Range values are from the fatty acid profile of Sardine (Pacific), Anchovy, Herring (Atlantic), and Menhaden fish oils (NRC, 2011). Target values are average of range values.
Sales criteria: The F3 Fish oil sold must be specifically for use in aquaculture feed products
The prize will be awarded to the team that has sold the greatest amount of DHA + EPA + ARA as calculated from sales of Qualified F3oil(s) by the end of the Challenge.

15. Feed Innovation Network
Third Phase
Feed Innovation Network
The network is global with labs and demonstration centers to educate feedmills and farmers

16. Labs to evaluate and test new ingredients
with demonstration farms to conduct feed trials.

17. Fish Technology Center Montana, USA
Evaluation of novel ingredients and formulations
Ability to run feed trials

18. Fish meal and/or Fish Oil Free diets
Rainbow trout
Atlantic salmon
Arctic Charr
Yellowtail, 2 species
Cobia
Pompano
White seabass
Walleye
Coho Salmon
Determined which vitamins, amino acids and minerals carried by fish meal we needed to add to the diet
Fishmeal
Plant-based
Rainbow trout
Every time I

19. Yangon University Myanmar
Small feed lab and mills
Off campus farm for pond and cage trials

20. Biomin and Nong Lam University Vietnam
Feed labs and mills
On campus tanks and ponds for feed trials

21. Feed Innovation Network
Provide data base of ingredients and nutrient values
Conduct third party evaluations of ingredients and diets
Provide on-farm scale trials and demonstrations
Conduct extension education and training to farmers who have been told that fish meal and fish oil are indispensable and that there are no substitutes

22. Questions