Evaluation of microalgae as potential feedstock for aquaculture cultivation

Upsurge in global expansion of the aquaculture industry, has limited the access to key feedstuffs (fishmeal and fish oil) for cultivation of wild fish. This caused the other sources of feedstuffs being investigated, mostly of plant derivatives as replacement for fishmeal and fish oil for the feed in aquaculture. Conventional land-based crops Plant derivatives have been favoured for few applications as a partial substitute of the fishmeal, but they can cause in the nutritional quality of the fish cultivated. Microalgae can be regarded as a promising alternative that can replace fishmeal and fish oil and ensure sustainability and adaptability in terms of various parameters because of availability of protein, lipid, vitamins, minerals, pigments, etc. In that regard, isolation of novel microalgae with the potential of replacing the conventional fish feed, will be targeted and further microalgal potential as aquaculture feed will be evaluated