PH develops low-cost feeds for milkfish, tilapia – DA

MANILA, Philippines — The country has developed low-cost alternative feeds for milkfish (bangus) and tilapia using byproducts of agricultural and poultry products, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Tuesday. The new formulated feed, developed by Dr. Roger Edward Mamauag through the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Division and the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, utilizes byproducts from corn, poultry abattoirs. and coconut-fermented copra meal to replace fish meal. Commercial fish feeds usually consist of fish meal, which is an expensive and resource-intensive product since it requires harvesting fish from the oceans for feed production. Plant-based protein sources like soybean meal and wheat gluten are the low-cost alternatives, but its […]