Fish Oil

Fish farm in Macquarie Harbour, Strahan, Tasmania, Australia © GettyImages/CW03070

BioMar Australia to supply algal-oil based feeds

By Jane Byrne

BioMar Australia says it has recently commissioned a new dedicated algal oil facility at its Wesley Vale factory in north west Tasmania, with the aim of reducing the amount of fish oil in its salmon feed.

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Scoular commissioning fishmeal plant in Myanmar

By Jane Byrne

US feedstuffs handler, Scoular, is establishing a ‘value-add’ fishmeal facility in Myanmar that it says will supply customers in Asia with consistent quality and just-in-time delivery.

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IFFO expects big increase in use of fishmeal in pig feed in Asia

By Jane Byrne

In 2019 there was little change to report in terms of biggest marine ingredient exporters and importers – Peru remained the main pelagic-based fishmeal and fish oil production and exporting country, while China stayed the biggest importer of fishmeal...

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IFFO sees positive trend for global fishmeal output

By Jane Byrne

June this year saw significant marine raw material production, well above the average for output that month during the years, 2011- 2019, said the IFFO, the marine ingredients organization, in a report this month.

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News in Brief

Danish fishmeal producer sees layoffs

By Jane Byrne

Danish fishmeal and fish oil producer, FF Skagen, says increased competition and smaller quotas mean the company has to trim its fishmeal department.

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Special Edition: Aqua Feed Innovation

Veramaris wins fish oil challenge

By Jane Byrne

The Netherlands-based, Veramaris, a joint venture between DSM and Evonik, has won the F3 Fish Oil Challenge for selling the most ‘fish-free’ oil for use in aquaculture feed, as announced by the contest organizers today.

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Animal nutrition continues to deliver for DSM

By Jane Byrne

DSM says its animal nutrition division had a strong year, with 8% organic growth in the underlying business. The feed additive producer released its overall full year 2018 financial results today [February 14].