Sustainable salmon feed

A collaborative project in the UK is aiming to deliver an alternative feed solution to Atlantic farmed salmon which may help relieve pressure on stressed marine resources. The project will serve as both a proof of concept and a potential solution to the sustainability issue in supplying fish oils to farmed fish. Trials taking place in Scotland have been using oils from a genetically modified (GM) oilseed crop plant named Camelina. Plant scientist, Professor Johnathan Napier from Rothamsted Res