Optimization of feeds used in the hatchery production of Pacific Salmon.
PSSI Project Summary
Division: Ecosystem Sciences (ESD)
Section: Nearshore Ecosystems
Organization: DFO
Session(s): Fish Health
Presentation Date(s): December 11, 2025
Speakers: Erika Eliason
Abstract:
Hatchery feeds often come from commercial sources focused on other fish species and may be nutritionally incomplete for Pacific salmon. This hatchery feed study develops new diets specific to Chinook and coho and tests the salmon health under different feed trials.