Replacement of Fishmeal with plant origin Soybean Protein for Sustainable Aquaculture: A Review Article

AUTHOR

Anupam Sehra¹, Meenakshi Jindal^2*, Jyoti, M³ and Nirmala Rathee¹

ABSTRACT

To get nutritionally rich fish flesh, a nutritionally balanced diet is necessary. The use of rice bran and oil cakes alone does not contain enough nutrients for the better growth of fish. Fishmeal (FM) is major protein source in aqua feeds, but not affordable due to its high price. Therefore, many plant proteins like Soybean, canola, guar etc. are recommended by many nutritionists due to their low price. But among all these plant protein ingredients, soybean is considered as the good nutritive and affordable ingredient in fish feed. The literature under this review revealed how anti nutritional factors present in soybean interfere with the growth of fish and how they can be removed after processing. This review also revealed how the use of processed soybean results in good growth of fish.

 Keywords: Anti-nutritional factors, fish, growth, soybean