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The Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling University is recognised as one of the largest international centres of leading edge research and information on aquaculture in the world.

The Institute provides research on environments, reproduction, genetics, aquatic health, nutrition and feed supplies, production systems, markets, as well as social and economic impacts of aquaculture.

Researching Alternatives to Fish Oils in Aquaculture (RAFOA)

In the RAFOA project, the four main European aquaculture species, Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, sea bass and sea bream, were grown on diets containing variable amounts of vegetable oils (VO) but with sufficient essential fatty acids (EFA) provided by dietary fishmeal.

The four year, €3,607,809 research project was supported by the Fifth EU Framework Programme administered by DG Research.

The overall objectives were;

1. To replace as much as possible of the fish oil used in aquaculture feeds with vegetable oils, without compromising the health, welfare and growth performance of the fish.
2. To maintain health benefits, taste and other quality characteristics important to processor and consumers preferences.
3. To advance basic scientific knowledge of fish lipid nutrition.
   

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