Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0772271
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Omega-3 fatty acids, appetite and growth in farmed fish. Australia has very limited wild fish supplies, and with the increasing realization of human health benefits of fish (i.e. omega-3 fatty acid) there is a need to increase availability through aquaculture. However, feeds used in aquaculture contain costly fish oil with limited global supplies. Attempts made to substitute fish oil with vegetable sources in aquaculture feeds have been mixed. This international, comparative and multidisciplinary project aims to reduce the dependence on fish oils through investigation of basic fatty acid metabolism and endocrinology on farmed fish to ensure that human health promoting characteristics in the final product are retained.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2007
End Date: 06-2010
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $265,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Animal Nutrition | Aquaculture | Fisheries Sciences
