CSIRO Scientists' Aquaculture Holy Grail: Fish-Free Prawn Food

An anonymous reader writes "A team of CSIRO scientists has discovered the holy grail of aquaculture by developing the world's first fish-free prawn food: Novaq. According to the article there is intense global interest in Novaq because it solves one of the farmed prawn industry's biggest problems — its reliance on wild fisheries as a core ingredient in prawn food. The Novaq formula is a closely guarded secret, but it is known that the product is based on microscopic marine organisms. Not only will the new feed introduce greater sustainability into a growth industry but prawns fed on the new diet grow 40% faster and are healthier and more robust."

time...

[harvey the nerd]

....will tell as to the "superiority" of these prawns. For those of us that grew up with the "superiority" of margarine over butter, high carb foods over paleo etc I'm willing to watch for 5-10 years first, see what the food chemistry and real problems turn out to be.

Re:Reliance

[TapeCutter]

put CSIRO (whoever they may be) in a corner with Mosanto and the like.

Ten seconds on Google would have saved you from making a fool of yourself.

Re:Do you even know why you eat prawns?

[Nidi62]

If everybody else in the world was vegan, would you still be insisting that it's 'normal' to eat animal products?

Yes, because our teeth are designed to chew meat and our body is evolved to process animal protein.