The diets of some of our most popular seafood choices —like salmon and shrimp—rely heavily on wild-caught marine ingredients such as forage fish and krill. To help improve the sustainability of seafood and support healthy and resilient ocean ecosystems in the future, the F3 – Future of Fish Feed hosts a series of contests to challenge the industry to replace wild-caught marine ingredients in aquaculture.
The F3 Krill Replacement Challenge is to spark innovation for a more sustainable substitute for krill. The contest will incorporate each competitor’s krill replacements into a plant-based feed that will be fed to Atlantic salmon for 12 weeks. The krill replacement that results in the best growth, feed consumption and survival will win the USD 100,000 prize.
Do you have an attractant, palatant or other feed enhancing ingredient that can replace krill? F3 – Future of Fish Feed invites innovators from the feed additive and ingredient sectors to enter the F3 Krill Replacement Challenge to find replacements for marine animal ingredients in aquafeed. Up to 10 companies will compete for a USD100,000 prize for the krill replacement product that results in the best fish growth, feed consumption and survival during a 12-week feeding trial on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Register at f3challenge.org. 
Enter your krill replacement product before August 31, 2023 to join the race to replace krill in aquafeeds.
Who can participate?
The contest is open to 10 companies or teams that are either the owners or licensees of the rights to distribute the distinct formulation of the feed additive, attractant, or other feed enhancing product, which may be used as a krill replacement in aquaculture feeds. F3 invites innovators from the feed additive, ingredient, synthetic biology, and all other relevant sectors to enter their products in the challenge. More here in the Competitor Packet
How to win
The company or team with the top performing F3 Krill Replacement will win a USD $100,000 prize. Performance against the control diets will be based on a combination of weight gain, observed feed consumption and survival. For more details on winner determination, see the F3 Krill Replacement Challenge Official Rules.
The F3 team has reproted that they have had a terrific response to the latest contest – with 20 companies registered. Companies interested and think that they have good fit, are encouraged to join in the competition. and have not yet registered.
