Does your company have a replacement for krill that does not contain fishmeal, fish oil, krill or other marine animal ingredients? Up to 10 companies are invited to enter their krill replacement product for a chance to win the USD $100,000 grand prize. Registration is open until August 31, 2023.
The F3 Krill Replacement Challenge—the fourth contest hosted by the Future of Fish Feed—was motivated by scientific research that has shown sharp declines in krill populations by as such as 80 percent, the result of climate-induced changes in ocean temperature, currents, acidification and regional overfishing.
Krill is a popular aquaculture feed ingredient for its nutritional benefits and use as an attractant that enhances palatability and fish growth. As a result, the commercial krill fishery located in the Arctic and Antarctic has steadily increased production over the last decade from a high of 200,000 tons in 2010 to 450,000 tons in 2020. The rapidly expanding industrial fishery raises important sustainability concerns, especially due to climate change.
The contest will be run as a comparative feeding trial in which each competitor’s feed additive, attractant or other feed-enhancing product free of marine-animal ingredients will be incorporated into a F3-designed, plant-based feed. To determine a winner, a combination of weight gain, feed-conversion ratio and survival will be calculated to compare the krill replacement product.
