Salmon
Basics
- Fish in the Salmonidae Family
- Carniverous
- Oily Fish High in Omega-3s
Aquaculture
- Complicated by their carniverous nature
- Traditionally fed fish meal pellets, but now other substittutes are being developed
- Farmed salmon is now predominantly fed corn and soybeans - [1]
- Algae(Such as spuirulina), worms/larvae (Such as BSF Larvae) and an oil based source of amino acids may be a posiblde food
- Genetic Modification may aid farming efforts by accelerating growth: Wikipedia Article on "AquaAdvantage Salmon
As a source of Omega-3s
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