Fishmeal Price Spikes Are Not a BSF Strategy
Innovafeed's warning: fishmeal spikes are not a BSF strategy. Scarcity opens the trial. 2% attractant or 5–10% health-window use has to hold after prices fall.
El Niño, Aquafeed Resilience and BSF Qualification
The next El Niño is an aquafeed resilience test. BSF only helps if it is already qualified: specified, trialled and contractable before the shock.
Peru Anchoveta Fishing Ban: Feed Security and BSF
Peru's 2026 anchoveta ban and fishmeal near US$3,000/t are a feed-security shock. BSF is an alternative, not a tonne-for-tonne fishmeal replacement.
Feed Security and Input Sovereignty: Aquaculture Insect Protein
Aquaculture feed security is input sovereignty: 2026 fish oil at a decade low, insect meal up to 20% in salmon and trout, and EU substrate rules still tight.
BSF Fractions in Rainbow Trout: Oil, Chitin, Full-Fat and Defatted Meal
Riesenbach et al. tested BSF full-fat meal, defatted meal, oil and chitin in rainbow trout. 4% oil and 1% chitin helped in low-soy diets; high-soy did not.
The Rainbow Trout Soybean Trial Makes the Best Case for Low-Inclusion BSF
Ma et al. tested 2.5% and 5% whole-body or defatted BSFL in high-soy rainbow trout diets. The result is one of the clearest arguments for selling BSF as a complementary functional ingredient rather than only as fishmeal replacement.
BSF as a Functional Aquafeed Additive
Onomu and Okuthe's 2024 review: position BSF as a functional aquafeed additive for health, resilience and feed efficiency, not crude protein.
Fishmeal Output Fell 28% in Q1 2026: BSF in Aquafeed
Global fishmeal output fell 28% in Q1 2026 (IFFO). That tightness strengthens BSF in aquafeed as a planned ingredient, not a crude fishmeal substitute.
Functional Feed Additives Are the Better Frame for BSF in Aquafeeds
Aquaculture Magazine's review of functional feed additives is a useful prompt for the insect sector: BSFL meal may be more valuable as a targeted gut, immune and diet-stability tool than as a blunt fishmeal replacement story.
Black Soldier Fly Larvae in African Catfish Feed
Black soldier fly larvae in African catfish feed: Cameroon, Uzbekistan and Kenya trials on fishmeal replacement, growth, FCR, cost and frass.
BSFL Palatants in Shrimp Feed: Intake and Growth
Innovafeed's 3% BSFL palatant raised shrimp feed intake 7.56%, statistically comparable to squid meal. Defatted BSFI at 4.5–10.5% improved growth, SGR and FCR.
How Black Soldier Fly Meal Shapes Fish Fillet Quality: A Meta-Analysis
A 30-study meta-analysis: BSF meal helps carp and trout fillet quality more than gilthead seabream and salmon. Inclusion and species decide the trade-off.