# Sustainable feed for Nile tilapia – World Fishing

> A US research team at Dartmouth College has developed an alternative tilapia feed using a marine microalga co-product to replace fishmeal and fish oil. The article notes aquaculture uses about 70 percent of global fishmeal and fish oil supplies.

- Date: 2019-01-01 · published 2019-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61178-sustainable-feed-for-nile-tilapia-world-fishing
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

This is a research development with no near-term supply change, so it has little immediate effect on fishmeal prices.

## Sources

- worldfishing.net: https://www.worldfishing.net/news/insight/sustainable-feed-for-nile-tilapia/

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