Sunday, 29 June 2025
The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute, an internationally-renowned research and development programme focusing on recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and Cargill have announced a multi-year agreement to develop, evaluate and enhance feeds for the growing land-based aquaculture industry.
The partnership builds on recent efforts between the two groups that validated the effectiveness of Cargill’s new diet for Atlantic salmon grown in land-based RAS. The partners started working together in 2018, and this new agreement solidifies the collaboration through 2023 and beyond.
Dr Marc Turano, Nutrition and Technology Lead for Cargill Aqua Nutrition in North America, summarized the importance of the partnership, “Our customers want the best nutrition possible. Partnering with the Freshwater Institute has provided key access to capabilities but more importantly to renowned thought leaders in land-based aquaculture production and thus, important to the advancement of science in this strategic growth area.”
The Institute provides Cargill nutritionists and researchers with access to fish, systems, research facilities, and a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and fish culturists with decades of RAS experience. In addition, Cargill provides leading-edge diet development and aquaculture feeds to optimise fish performance. Together, the partners hope to further improve land-based aquaculture’s environmental and economic performance through feeds developed and tested specifically for RAS.
