A new aquaculture system will make the process of feeding fish, in the larval stage, cheaper and more environmentally friendly.

It is an operation developed by scientists from the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering of the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville, which uses a worm (Caenorhabditis elegans) to replace Artemia, a crustacean used for fish farming, whose costs for industrial aquaculture are very high.

With this new system, in the first stage of life of the fish, live food is provided to stimulate the movement of the young, responding to their nutritional needs, which can later be switched to a feed-based diet. An innovation that gives aquaculture greater diversity and sustainability for its industry.