This multi-year project was completed by a transdisciplinary team of researchers with expertise in aquaculture, aquafeed formulations, agribusiness, and agricultural biotechnology, to develop and test aquafeed formulations designed to displace fishmeal and fish oil with soybean-based protein and oil in the diet of Kampachi, the Hawaiian yellow tail. A diet with 40% soybean meal was determined to be cost competitive with current commercial diets used to produce Kampachi. A key ingredient is the requirement for taurine supplementation, so a 5% inclusion level is necessary to avoid a deadly nutritional deficiency called green liver disease.

Key Audience:
Aquaculture nutritionists, aquaculture feed producers, Kampachi producers