Fly in the ointment or a buzzing success?Insect meal protein as an ingredient for fish and shrimp feed

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In September I had the privilege of addressing the Thailand-based Aquafeed Production training School. I was assigned a topic now very much in the headlines of animal nutrition feed resources.Organised in partnership by this magazine with Roger Gilbert and Yiannis Christodoulou from Progresso Agrischools, the entire aquafeed production process is dissected on a weekly basis through a series of live sessions and recorded presentations that aredelivered to a large mainly Middle East and SE Asia audience.My address focussed on insect meal as a component in commercial diets for fish and shrimp as an alternative strategy to the traditional feed ingredients employed such as fishmeal and plant by-products that heavily depend on soybean, com glutens, rapeseed and many other concentrates.