Soy-based pellets : A game-changing feed for farmed tuna

As everyone involved with tuna aquaculture well knows, a replacement is needed for feeding bait fish such as mackerel, sardines and herring. The company Ichthus Unlimited has found the answer: Soy-based pellets. “Using baitfish is a big problem for the global tuna farming industry,” says Alejandro Buentello, president of Ichthus Unlimited. The firm is based in the US (Iowa, California, and Texas) and Madrid, Spain and has 15 employees. Challenges of baitfish use as feed “Baitfish