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Ingredient cost still a bottleneck for fish-free shrimp feed adoption

Major aquafeed firms and shrimp producers said the commercial market is still not ready for complete fish-free shrimp feeds as the cost of alternative ingredients remain high

By Cyrus Chan | July 19, 2021 09:18 BST
Search continues for alternatives to fishmeal, fish oil in aquaculture feed
Shrimp feed at at Seajoy's Aquacultura Fonseca farm in Honduras. Matt Whittaker/Undercurrent News
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