Welcome to the website of the Fish Nutrition Research Laboratory of the University of Guelph

We have refreshed the appearance of the FNRL website and are in the process of updating the information and links. Our diverse group of researchers looks forward to hearing from other researchers and research groups. We invite you to contact the lab and also to comment on our website.

The FNRL conducts research with numerous fish species including: salmon, trout, walleye, perch and bass. This research is, and has been, supported by the Ontario Ministries of Natural Resources and Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the University of Guelph, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, NSERC and industry.

Thirty five years ago, in 1969, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), then the Department of Lands and Forests, approached the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph (UG). They offered funds for fish nutrition research to formulate Canadian dry fish diets which could replace imported feeds from the U.S. and Europe. At that time beef liver and spleen were used widely as diet for fishes, mostly salmonids, in Government fish culture stations. More...