ARRAINA TECHNICAL BOOKLETS
ARRAINA 3rd Technical Booklet - December 2016
This booklet is the final in a series of three technical booklets on the nutrition and feeding of fish farmed in Europe. The aim is to make these booklets widely available both to targeted stakeholders and society in general, in order to raise awareness of the science-based knowledge supporting the development of high quality, safe, and environmentally sustainable aquaculture feeds. This booklet is specifically aimed at scientists and feed producers, but it also targets other industrial segments (e.g. fish farmers, feed additives companies, retailers) and individuals interested in gaining further knowledge of the physiological consequences of the raw materials that are currently used in the feeds of farmed fish. The species focussed on by the ARRAINA project are: Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, common carp, European sea bass and gilthead sea bream.
The objective of this booklet is to provide a reliable set of biomarkers and associated methodologies to assess the nutritionally mediated effects on growth performance, metabolic homeostasis, stress responsiveness and health condition of fish which are fed new diet formulations from early life stages to completion of production cycle and sexual maturation. Of particular value are predictive and non-invasive biomarkers available at a relatively low cost, with the combination of conventional and omics approaches emerging as a user-friendly option.
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ARRAINA 2nd Technical Booklet - September 2016
This booklet is specifically aimed at aquaculture feed producers, but also targets other industrial segments (e.g. fish farmers, feed additive companies, retailers) and individuals interested in gaining further knowledge on the use of raw materials that are currently used in the feeds of farmed fish. The species in focus in the ARRAINA project are Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, common carp, European sea bass and gilthead sea bream.
The rationale behind the development of this booklet is to provide a user-friendly resource for aquaculture feed producers, which will allow them to change premix additions, and the balance of vitamins, minerals and other specific nutrients, to fulfil the requirements of fish for growth and health. The information provided in this booklet could serve as common ground for clearer and more transparent communication across the aquaculture production chain.
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ARRAINA 1st Technical Booklet - May 2015
The ARRAINA partners are pleased to announce the publication of the first of three technical booklets which were proposed to illustrate the project benefits and facilitate user access to research. This important resource is titled “Feed Ingredients in Aquaculture” and contains a database of aquaculture feed ingredients covering the nutrient composition, functional properties and their effects on feed processing conditions and the physical quality of extruded pellets.
The inspiration behind the development of this booklet was to provide a user friendly resource for aquaculture feed producers which would allow them to understand at a glance the different properties of specific feed ingredients for aquaculture. The information provided in this booklet could serve as common ground for more clear and transparent communication across the aquaculture production chain (farmer, feed producer/retail) and address some unfounded fears and barriers.
The aim is to make these booklets widely available to both targeted stakeholders and society in general, in order to raise awareness on the science based knowledge supporting the development of high-quality, safe and environmentally sustainable aquaculture feeds. This booklet is specifically aimed at aquaculture feed producers, but also targets other industrial segments (e.g. fish farmers, feed additives companies, retailers) and individuals interested in gaining further knowledge on the raw materials that are currently used in the feeds of farmed fish.
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ARRAINA believes that by developing applied tools and solutions of technological interest in collaborations with SMEs, ARRAINA will further strengthen the links between the scientific community and the EU feed industry and will contribute to increasing the productivity and performance of the aquaculture sector leading to competitive advantage to the whole sector at a global level. The most important element of this is the assurance that the appropriate stakeholders are aware of the results generated in ARRAINA and understand specifically how they relate to them.
