Heading towards total replacement of fish meal

The potential of insect meal for aquafeed is huge and trials showed that Tenebrio molitor meal (mealworm meal) can effectively replace fish meal and blood meal in the diet of juvenile Nile tilapia. Results of a 3 month study are presented here. The ingredients used in aquafeed are generally based on fish meal and soybean meal but are considered nowadays as non-sustainable to feed farmed fish. Novel sources of proteins are thus necessary to replace or partially replace conventional ingredients f