Category Archives: Aquaculture

Nutrattract

Grow out diets Fishmeal replacement diets are currently being developed and tested around the world. In some cases, plant-based proteins are already replacing substantial amounts of fishmeal (e.g. salmon diets). However, marine finfish diets are still, almost solely based on fishmeal as a protein source. One of the impediments for...
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Maturation Diet

Recently, NutraKol developed maturation diet (NutraFeed® diet range) for crustacea that can completely replace the use of fresh/frozen feed. The diet is semi-moist and manufactured as short pellets at any length and diameter needed. The diet is stable in the water for 24 hours and will not break down when...
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NutraBrood Enhance

Broodstock are the key for any successful fish hatchery. Maintaining broodstock at good health and at optimum nutrition is vital for high quality eggs and larvae. Hormone induced spawning is used in hatcheries where an environment significantly differs to a natural state, such as when inducing spawning out-of-season. Non-acute stress...
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‘Tailor-made’ nutritional additives

One size does not fit all…not all fish cultured have the same nutritional requirements. So, why supply broodstock or larvae with nutritional additives that were developed for other species? Nutrakol nutritional products include NutraBrood broodstock feed additives and Arti-Kol live feed enrichments. Unlike any other off-the-shelf commercial products, Nutrakol products...
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NutraFeed – maturation diet

One of the problems with shrimp (and other crustacean) culture is broodstock diets and nutrition. Currently, most hatcheries around the world are using fresh or frozen squid, worms (polychaetes), fish and other marine organisms, topped up with nutritional additives. This practice is far from ideal, exposing the cultured animals to...
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