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Fish feed is made from many ingredients. Nofima explores how they work in feed and how they impact fish health and growth.

Results from research on fish feed

Turning feed inside out: zinc coating gives triple win

Omega-3 and zinc: A powerful duo in salmon feed

Stressed salmon become paler

Deep-sea mesopelagic fish offer health benefits

The status for fillet colour in Norwegian farmed salmon

Consumers need time to find new salmon feed palatable

Projects on fish feed

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LetThereBeLight

Improved light regimes and feed for large smolt

2026 - 2026

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TOP-Zinc

Technical optimisation of zinc supplementation strategies for enhancing zinc availability, improving fish health and minimising environmental impact

2025 - 2028

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The effect of process on protein digestibility in salmon

2025 - 2027

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Future Feed in a Sustainable Food System

2024 - 2024

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ShellFeed

Risk assessment of algal toxins in new marine feed sources for salmon

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SAFE

Bilateral cooperation between Croatia and Norway in the field of sustainable aquaculture and fisheries

2023 - 2024

Worth knowing

Worth knowing about fish feed

Facilities

Research permits in aquaculture

Large scale, commercially beneficial research is being carried out together with the fish farming industry in Southern, Central and Northern Norway as part of Nofima’s research licenses.

Tromsø Aquaculture Research Station

Tromsø Aquaculture Research Station, of which we are part-owners, is a modern research facility for experimental studies of marine fish, freshwater fish, molluscs, crustaceans and other aquatic organisms.

Research Station for Aquaculture – Sunndalsøra

At this land-based research station at Sunndalsøra with fresh water, seawater and recirculated water, we can carry out biological and technological experiments along the complete aquaculture value chain.

Aquafeed Technology Centre

At our innovation facilities called the Aquafeed Technology Centre, we test new ingredients and develop feeds of the future.

Publications on fish feed

Phenotypic and genetic analysis of energy partitioning and feed efficiency in Atlantic salmon

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2026
Academic article

Evaluation of the effect of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) larvae meal in the diet of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) juveniles on production performance and feed palatability

Frontiers in Aquaculture, 2025
Academic article

Growth Performance of Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) Fed Low Fish Meal Diets With an Innovative Mixture of Low Trophic Ingredients

Aquaculture Nutrition, 2025
Academic article

New ingredients, old challenges: The impact of heat processing on the protein digestibility and amino acid availability of novel salmon feed ingredients.

AquaFeed Magazine, 2025
Article in business/trade/industry journal

Gastrointestinal effects of crustacean shell by-products in diets for farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 2025
Academic article

Replacing soybean meal with distillers dried grains solubles on growth performance and feed utilization in catfish Clarias magur fingerlings

Scientific Reports, 2025
Academic article

Associated Research Areas

Food from new sources

Farmed fish

Feed development and nutrition