BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND EXTRAORDINARY BENEFITS

Ichthus Unlimited

SUSTAINABLE AQUAFEEDS

Formulated with the highest quality and certified ingredients, we believe optimized nutrition is key to growth, productivity, and sustainability in aquaculture. With an exclusive and unique approach, IU offers custom formulated diets specifically for your target species, life stage and culture conditions.

 

Nutri-tunaTM – Proprietary brand of ultra-premium feeds for tuna species

  • Thunnus orientalis
  • Thunnus thynnus
  • Thunnus albacares

Hatchery Feeds – Ultra-premium feeds designed for specific aquaculture species

  • Sciaenid diets: Scienops ocellatus, Atractoscion nobilis and Totoaba macdonaldi
  • Flounder diets: Paralichthys californicus
  • Yellowtail diets: Seriola dorsalis, Seriola. rivoliana and Seriola dumerili
  • Cobia diets: Rachycentron canadum
  • Salmonid diets: Salmo salar and Oncorhynchus mykiss
  • Shrimp diets: Litopenaeus vannamei and Penaeus monodon

BENEFITS TO THE TUNA FARMER

  • More cost-effective than baitfish (1.2 – 3 times more)
  • Available year-round and at high quality all the time
  • Available at more locations
  • With less volume produces same amount of tuna
  • Logistical advantages
  • Prevents pathogen activation and dispersal
  • Does not tie up cash in long term cold storage costs
  • Better for the environment

  • Less organic load to the marine environment
  • Less fuel usage and less CO2 emissions
  • Better monitoring of feed consumption
  • Allows retrieval and reuse of uneaten feed
  • Tailored to fish and farmer needs
  • Prevents yake niku = lactic acidosis
  • Allows for management of stress
  • Allows for management of disease and parasites

BENEFITS TO THE SUSHI/SASHIMI
RESTAURANT OWNER

  • Improve flesh color
  • Improves freshness/wholesomeness perception
  • Reduces mercury in tissues
  • Customer returns more often
  • Increases shelf life

  • Reduced formation of scombrotoxin

  • Reduced oxidation of tissues

  • Reduced decay and negative fishy smell

  • Improves physical characteristics on the counter

  • Maintains desirable umami flavor

SERVICES

Research & Development

Expert consulting and support for commercial aquaculture: 
freshwater, marine, RAS, ponds, raceways and cages

Ingredient Evaluation

Evaluation of new ingredient or raw material to increase the efficiency of feed production

Feed Formulation

Tailored feed formulations to increase aquaculture productivity and promote sustainability

Feeding Trials

Customized feeding trials with reliable results

Disease Diagnostic

Modern molecular, biological and enzymatic tests