Many fishery industries and fish lovers prefer our steam sterilized fish meal as it is simply the best provided in the market. We use modern techniques to manufacture meals that are in proper proportion as far as the nutrients are concerned. Our steam dried fish meal is rich in protein and also it contains moderate fat which simply makes it most eligible food for the fishes and are very much essential for their growth. Thus we are able to claim that we are in the line of leading aquarium fish meal manufacturers in India. Role of Fish Meal in Animal Feeds Fish meal is used in feeds for poultry, pigs, ruminants, farmed fish and fur producing animals. It increases productivity and improves the efficiency with which feed is converted to animal produce (feed conversion). It is of special value in diets for young animals, for example in broiler starter diets, diets for early weaned pigs and for farmed fish and fur producing animals. Fish meal is particularly beneficial in situations which are less than ideal, for example, where feed mixing and quality control of ingredients is poor, where husbandry standards are less than ideal and where disease problems are prevalent. A detailed assessment of fish meal in diets for poultry, pigs and ruminants is given in IAFMM Technical Bulletins. In diets for very young animals such as early weaned pigs (weaned before four weeks of age), ruminants, fish and fur animals it is recommended that special quality fish meal is used.It should be made from very fresh raw material and for ruminants have a low content of soluble nitrogen. Ruminants can make better use of forage if fish meal is included in their diets, particularly if forage is a major part of their feed. Fish meal has been shown to be superior to other proteins. Specially vegetable proteins in supplying a high quality protein a large part of which escapes breakdown in the rumen.As well as providing a high quality protein with a near ideal balance of amino acids for farmed fish, antioxidant treated fish meal provides a valuable source of n-3 long chain fatty acids which are essential for fish such as trout, carp, catfish and eels. About Fish Meal The world's fish catch is of the order of 75 million tons per year, but only about 1% of man's food is fish, although 10% of his animal protein intake is fish protein. The fraction of the annual catch used for reduction to fish meal and fish oil is about one third. The fish meal and oil industry, which started in northern Europe and North America at the beginning of the 19th century, was based mainly on surplus catches of herring from seasonal coastal fisheries. This was essentially an oil production activity; the oil finding industrial uses in leather tanning and in the production of soap and glycerol and other non-food products. The residue was originally used as fertilizer, but since the turn of this century it has been dried and ground into fish meal for animal feeding. In fact, one definition of fish meal is such that it is a solid product, ground, that has been obtained by removing most of the water and some or all of the oil from fish. Its main use is in the diets of poultry, pigs and fish which need higher quality protein than does other farm stock, such as cattle and sheep. The production of fish meal and fish oil is a sophisticated process requiring considerable skill and experience. The product will meet the commercial and industrial standards only if they are manufactured under hygienic conditions in properly operated an controlled plants. The fish meal and fish oil industry can make a valuable contribution to human nutrition both directly and indirectly.
Udupi, Karnataka 