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Good health of salmon

2016.6.24

A new research report entitled “Effects of changes in fatty acid composition of salmon feed related to health, welfare and robustness” describes the results of a study of what should be a safe low marine omega-3 content in feed for farmed salmon, and what is, at the same time, adequate to ensure that the fish is healthy. Read more click here

The study was funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Fishery and Aquaculture Industry Research Fund. The study was conducted by the National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) which acted as project manager and the food research institute Nofima.