July 3, 2013

 
Alltech, Kochi University sign strategic alliance on aqua nutrition research

Alltech and Kochi University of Japan have signed a five-year strategic research alliance to study yellowtail and amberjack nutrition.

Global animal health and nutrition leader Alltech and Kochi University have signed a five-year strategic research alliance to study yellowtail and amberjack nutrition.

"Alltech has been successfully partnering with top academic institutions in the form of research alliances throughout the world with the common goal of finding long-term solutions to the key issues facing our industry. We are very excited to work with Kochi University in researching natural ways of increasing production efficiency in the aquaculture sector, particularly since aquaculture is one of the most promising industries for growth as we look to feed an increasing global population," said Karl Dawson, chief research officer at Alltech.

This five-year agreement underscores applied research alliances as one of most valuable public-private partnerships, which create value and drive development in the Japanese aquaculture sector and beyond. Kochi University has a cooperative agreement with the city of Konan and plans to rent a large aquaculture facility that belongs to Konan city starting this July. The facility has 18 tanks (30 cubic metres each) and many small tanks for smaller fish (0.25 cubic metre, 0.5 cubic metre, 0.8 cubic metre and one cubic metre), which provide sterile borehole seawater with a permanent temperature of 16-28 Celsius.