In order by year and by alphabetical Article Title:

2008

“Development of Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larvae Fed Dairy Manure” Myers, Heidi M.1; Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Lambert, Barry D.; Kattes, David.  Environmental Entomology. Volume 37, Number 1, February 2008 , pp. 11-15(5).  Pay Article:

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/esa/envent/2008/00000037/00000001/art00002

2007

“Fish Offal Recycling by the Black Soldier Fly Produces a Foodstuff High in Omega-3 Fatty Acids.” Hilare S. Newton, Sheppard, Tomberlin.et al.  Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. Volume 38 Issue 2.  Pages 309-313.  May 2007

“Fly prepupae as a feedstuff for rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.” St-Hilaire S, Shepard C, Tomberlin JK, Irving S, Newton L, McGuire MA, Mosley EE, Hardy RW, Sealey W, 2007. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 38:59-67.

2006

“Insect and Manure Management in Poultry Systems: Elements Relative to Food Safety and Nuisance Issues” Meyer, H.J., Roeder, Richard. 2006. Link

2005

“Black Soldier Fly and Others for Value-Added Manure Management.” Dr. Craig Sheppard. University of Georgia. Tifton, GA. 2005

“Compositional, Microbiological, and Digestibility Analysis of the Protein of Larva-Meal from Hermetia Illucens in Antioquia, Colombia.” Gloria Patricia Arango Gutiérrez; Rodrigo Antonio Vergara Ruiza y Humberto Mejía Véleza.

“Using the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia Illucens, as a Value-Added Tool for the Management of Swine Manure.” Newton. Sheppard.  Report for Mike Williams. 6 June 2005. Free Article:

http://www.pc.ctc.edu/coe/new%20pdfs/BlackSoldierFly_manure_control_mar1706%20(2).pdf

2004 and Earlier:

“Dried Hermetia Illucens Larvae Meal as a Supplement for Swine.” G.L. Newton. C.V. Booram. R.W. Barker and O.M. Hale. Journal of Animal Science 1977. 44:395-400.

“Dried Hermetia illucens larvae (Stratiomyidae) as a feed additive for poultry.” Hale OM, 1973.  Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 8:16-20.

“House Fly and Lesser Fly Control Using the Black Soldier Fly in Manure Management Systems For Caged Laying Hens” Sheppard, Craig. Environmental Entomology, Volume 12, Number 5, October 1983 , pp. 1439-1442(4). Entomological Society of America

“House fly oviposition inhibition by larvae of Hermetia illucens, the black soldier fly.” Bradley, S. W. & D. C. Sheppard. 1984. J. Chem. Ecol. 10: 853-859.

“Lekking Behavior of the Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)” Tomberlin, Jeffery K., D. Craig Sheppard. Florida Entomologist.  Pg 83 – 4.  Dec 2001.

“Manure solids conversion to insect biomass(Black Soldier Fly Larvae) for value-added processing into animal feed protein meal and oil system.“  Sheppard, C., W. Watson, L. Newton, and G. Burtle. 2003.Proceedings of the North Carolina Animal Waste Management Workshop. Research Triangle Park, NC. October 16-17, 2003. Pgs. 48-53.

“Oviposition of the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens(Diptera: Stratiomyidae): Eggs, Masses, Timing, and Site Characteristics” Booth, Donald C.; Sheppard, Craig. Environmental Entomology, Volume 13, Number 2, April 1984 , pp. 421-423(3). Entomological Society of America.

“Parasitism of the Black Soldier Fly by Trichopria sp. (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) in Poultry Houses” Bradley S.W., Booth D.C., Sheppard D. C. Environmental Entomology, Volume 13, Number 2, April 1984, pp. 451-454(4). Entomological Society of America

“Performance Comparison of Earthworms and Soldier Fly Larvae in the processing of Sewage Sludge.” Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies (AWTT) Scheme. Project 1003-01-001. Dr. Kevin Warburton, Dept. of Zoology, University of Queensland.  Free Article:

http://www.lgp.qld.gov.au/docs/local_govt/grants_subsidies/funding/awtt/1003_awttfinalreport.pdf

“Rearing Methods for the Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae).” Sheppard, D. Craig. J. Tomberlin, J. Joyce, B. Kiser, and S. Sumner. Journal of Medical Entomology. Short Communication. 2002

“Recycling of Coffee Pulp by Hermetia Illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larvae” Gerardo Larde. Biological Wastes 33 (1990) pgs 307-310.

“Reduction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in chicken manure by larvae of the black soldier fly.” Erickson, J. M.C., M. Islam, C. Sheppard, J. Liao, and M.P. Doyle.  Food Protection.  2004.  67:685-690. Pay Article:

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iafp/jfp/2004/00000067/00000004/art00009;jsessionid=15sq5715x4fgj.alice?format=print

“Selected Life-History Traits of Black Soldier Fles (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Reared on Three Artificial Diets” Tomberlin, Jeff.  D. Craig Sheppard.  John A Joyce.  Annals of the Entomological Society of America.  2002.  Vol 95. No. 3 pgs 379-387.

“Soldier fly Hermetia illucens L., as feed for channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) and blue tilapia, (Oreochromis aureus) (Steindachner).” Bondari K, Sheppard DC 1987.  Aquaculture and Fisheries Management 18:209-220.

“Susceptibility of Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larvae and Adults to Four Insecticides.” Jeff Tomberlin.  Craig Sheppard.  John A. Joyce.  June 2002 Entomological Society of America.

“Use Of Soldier Fly Larvae In Organic Waste Management.” Dr. R. Newby. Central Queensland University. Biology Department.

(Bogotá, Colombia) – after two months of construction, BioSystems Design LLC has completed its Black Soldier Fly Mating Facility. The completion of the mating facility marks the end of the second construction phase on the larvae-meal production plant. The mating facility will provide the optimum conditions for the black soldier fly larvae to mate and lay eggs.

BioSystems Design’s primary goals with the plant are to produce larvae-meal and process food wastes. However, not all larvae can be processed into larvae-meal. It is necessary to allow some percentage of the larvae produced to mature into flies and reproduce. This maintains large populations in the plant while larvae are being harvested. The mating facility permits BioSystems Design to observe the mating populations and egg production and provide the optimum conditions for reproduction.

This achievement by BioSystems Design puts it another step closer to operating its prototype design for a large food waste processing and larvae-meal production plant.

During my research, my goal was to determine supply, elasticity of demand, and other competitive substitutes. Keep this fact in mind… when I describe these as the ‘best’ fishmeal research links.

1. FIS network’s ‘people with opinion’ section: This network is an aquaculture business hub. Complete with market reports, price trends, species directories and info by country. However, most useful for my research goals were the outstanding opinions written by expert environmentalists as well as classic business conservatives struggling with supply and sustainability.
2. The FAO’s Food Outlook: Global Market Analysis. In stark contrast to the FIS network’s heavy-hitter opinions, the fish and fishery products section of the report is an excellent very general overview.
3. The Fish InfoNetwork Market Report on Fishmeal. This market report covers the market price trends, production trends, and causes for both supply and price movements over the time period of a couple months. The link is to the specific fishmeal report, but also notice the aquaculture and species specific reports. Most data is in graphs, however, Excel formatted data can be obtained upon request from the authors of the report.
4. FIN: The fishmeal Information Network. The link will take you directly to their facts and figures of World Fishmeal production, European production, and UK production. What more could you ask for…other than it being in one handy dandy pdf? (see the bottom of their page). Poke around the site for fishmeal related info that concerns you.
5. Academic Paper: “Modeling demand for Fishmeal using a heterogeneous estimator for panel data”. This article, published by Tveteras, Teveteras, and Sissener is a great paper analyzing the cross price elasticities of demand for fishmeal, as well as comparisons to oil seeds, cereals, and cereal substitutes. This report also discusses competition for fishmeal between poultry, pig, and aquaculture production. It contributes the elasticities of demand over a long run for these markets as well. A warning, the economics are complex. The conclusions are pretty simple.
6. Worldwatch.org soybean production trends. As far as substitute product research is concerned, this document published by world watch has a great assessment of soybean production trends. Its available by snail mail for USD $10.
7. Woldwide Fish Meal Production Outlook and the Use of Alternative Protein Meals for Aquaculture. This report by Ronald W. Hardy examines most product substitutes for fishmeal and each of the problems accompanying the substitutes. His thoughts: if protein substitutes were equal or better in nutritional and economic terms, they’d already be widely used. They aren’t. Hint: he doesn’t examine insect based feed and simply brushes it off as historically not being cost competitive to fishmeal.
8. Hammersmith Marketing Report by Wayne Bacon. Because Fishmeal prices cannot be found in the paper (or online in most cases), let alone analysis, this report is an excellent weekly update. The prices are listed for fishmeal and fish-oil, as well as their likely underlying reasons. An excellent and much appreciated service.

I’ll continue to develop this list as I see fit. Suggestions of other resources are welcome. Look forward to the strategy outline to come–why are bets being placed on insect based fishmeal: making aquaculture sustainable.