SBIR/STTR Research Award
Formulated Sardines: a high moisture, sustainable diet for fastidious-feeding high-value marine fish
Award amount
$99,942Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- OCEAN ERA, INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RJDTFSUD2FN4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- 8.7
Research abstract
USDA-ARS Montana has developed a production process for moist, fibrous extruded diets that could resolve this impediment in marine fish, by allowing compound diets to be delivered in a stable, non-friable, large pellet - the "Formulated Sardine". This SBIR research project will test the acceptability of this new diet to Giant Grouper juveniles, by measuring feed wastage, feed consumption, and resulting growth and FCR for four different diets. Two iso-lipid Formulated Sardine diets of different textures (degrees of hardness, ~ 40 - 55% moisture) and a typical, hard commercial-style pellet (10% moisture) will be compared with a control diet of wet fish. This trial will then be repeated with kampachi (Seriola rivoliana), with the Formulated Sardine composition modified to approximate the nutrient contents used in commercial farming.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Optimizing Production Practices for High-Value Tropical Macroalgae to Enable U.S. Aquaculture
- RESOLVING KYPHOSID COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL: WHICH DIETS OPTIMIZE GROWTH AND PALATE APPEAL FOR AN HERBIVOROUS MARINE REEF FISH?
- Commercialization of PDMA (Partially Digested Macroalgae) to decarbonize animal feeds by improved control of macroalgae fermentation processes
- Precocious puberty in Seriola rivoliana: induction of early maturation to accelerate selective breeding outcomes in high-value finfish
- RESOLVING THE IMPEDIMENTS TO COMMERCIAL CULTURE OF MAHIMAHI THROUGH PRODUCTION OF STERILE ALL-FEMALE STOCK
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Novel Integrated Macroalgal and Sea Urchin Aquaculture Systems
- Extending water reuse in marine recirculating systems with DSC sludge digesters
- Integrating Production Of Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids With Barley Protein Concentrate Production
- High Throughput Release of Shellfish Meat via Isochoric Freezing
Research funding history
13 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2013–2025). Reported award amounts total $3,331,720. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce