USGC holds International Aquaculture Conference
Summary
The conference covered topics including the nutrition of various aquaculture species; raw material procurement; aquafeed ingredient properties; biosecurity; pellet quality and extrusion technologies. “The Council has been promoting the use of U.S. DDGS in aquafeed rations recently to expand the number of commercial feed manufacturers using the product,” said Ramy Taieb, USGC regional director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Aquaculture is a growing industry in the world, and it’s extremely important for stakeholders to understand the quality and availability of U.S. feed grains as they expand their operations and increase output,” Taieb said. In addition to the two-day conference, the Council’s EMEA staff led the group on a tour of a local fish farm and organized a visit to the National Institute for Fisheries Research. The Council hopes its work in Morocco this past week is only a starting point for U.S. added-value products reaching the aquaculture industry in the EMEA region.