Current high density fish aquaculture is not sustainable and causes rapid environmental degradation. Coupled with the overfishing and pollution of the seas, coastal marine ecosystems are breaking down. At this rate if nothing is done, the world will run out of fish in 50 years.
To continue high density fish farming and make it sustainable, we must learn to control the microorganisms that are associated with the aquaculture system. Disease outbreak is a common phenomenon and poses a serious challenge to fish farming. Extensive measures taken to treat these diseases caused by the pathogens should not be based on chemical products like antibiotics and formalin. Rather, the use of beneficial microbial postbiotics to strengthen the fish digestive system, increase immunity and improving the overall health, size and weight of the fish naturally is the correct path. This microbiome improvement approach also helps strengthen the ecosystem of the fish farms naturally by reducing the pathogens load and increasing the good microbes and biodiversity. Finally, fish fed with the fermented feed pellets containing the beneficial microbial postbiotics and farmed under this good environment grew up to 50 percent faster, showed better body form, colour and meat texture.
This microbiome technology heralds a new and sustainable high density eco-friendly approach that may allow Man many more years of continued enjoyment of the benefits of eating a good and nutritious fish and at the same time improving the environment.