We’re excited to update you on the progress of the HALIBOT project, funded by EEA Grants Portugal. This initiative is crucial to expanding Europe’s aquaculture capabilities, with a focus on understanding the early-life nutritional needs of Atlantic halibut, Turbot, and Senegalese sole. 🐟🌊

Here at SPAROS, we’re dedicated to pinning down the exact dietary needs of these flatfish. Our goal is to formulate feeds that promote robust growth and good health. Our WinMAX product is the outcome of our research and reflects our ongoing commitment to innovation within the HALIBOT project.

Over the past three years, we’ve been sharing our discoveries at the Aquaculture Europe conferences:

Aquaculture Europe 2021:

📚 Book of Abstracts: here

📖 Page 998: “Improving Microdiet Formulations for Larvae of Two Flatfish Species: Senegalese Sole and Turbot.”

Aquaculture Europe 2022:

📚 Book of Abstracts: here

📖 Page 561: “Improving Microdiet Formulation for Two Flatfish Species: Senegalese Sole and Atlantic Halibut.”

Aquaculture Europe 2023:

📚 Book of Abstracts: here

📖 Page 301: “Turbot Larvae Performance is Sensitive to Dietary Protein and Lipid Sources.”

Our work is ongoing, and we’re excited about what’s next. Stay with us for future updates as we continue to push the envelope in sustainable animal feed. Your support fuels our drive to better the world of aquaculture.

Sparos was present at the 8th Strategic Conference for Zebrafish Investigators (SCZI/PI meeting) in Grove (California) and at the AQUACULTURE 2019 in New Orleans (Louisiana) to launch ZEBRAFEED in the USA. This diet is already commercialized in Europe since 2015.

SPAROS has developed ZEBRAFEED – a standard and nutritionally balanced diet for zebrafish formulated with premium ingredients of high nutritional constancy, for all life stages of zebrafish.

ZEBRAFEED results in high survival of larvae, fast growth of juvenile fish and enhanced breeding success in adults. It incorporates the latest scientific knowledge on the nutritional requirements of zebrafish to ensure high welfare standards.