Progress report for
F3 - Future of Fish Feed: A collaborative effort toward fish-free aquaculture feeds
Achievement at a glance
The F3 Team commits to:-Award the first F3 prize in 2017. >> DONE. Stories related to the winner announcement appeared in:
Aquafeed, FishFirst, Global Aquaculture Advocate, Seafood Source, Undercurrent News
-Launch another challenge in 2017 to further innovation >> DONE. Challenge launched, and details found on http://www.f3challenge.org. Stories about the launch appeared in
Aquafeed, Feed navigator, Fish Farming Expert, Fish First, Global Aquaculture Advocate, IntraFish, Modern Farmer Magazine, Seafood Source, The Aquaculturists, The Fish Site
-Hold another stakeholder meeting in 2019 >> This meeting is in the planning phase.
-Encourage an International Feed Innovation Network that accelerates innovations to take pressures off wild-caught fisheries so that forage fish, and the higher trophic levels which represent the ocean as we know it, will remain for future generations.
>> We have launched the resources for this network at http://www.f3fin.org. Resources include:
Protocols for ingredient and feed evaluation, along with testing facilities that can perform the evaluations listed.
A list fish-free-feed ingredient providers and fish-free feed suppliers.
An open-source algae nutrient database
Open source f3 (fish-free feed) or fishmeal and fish oil reduced formulas that have already been subjected to field testing.
A list of companies testing fish-free feeds, and the species they are trialing
Presentations, Definitions, News Articles.