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...
Standards body MarinTrust is spearheading the implementation of blockchain technology in the marine ingredients industry for demonstrating traceability back to origin, with the ambition of adding value to by-products.
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.
UK agriculture and environmental consultancy, ADAS, is carrying out an online survey to collect evidence and perspectives of relevant stakeholders across the insect supply chain on current insect production and the barriers and opportunities of scaling...
The fishmeal and fish oil markets have been negatively impacted by restrictions due to Covid-19 and unpredictable weather conditions, reported IFFO’s China Director Maggie Xu, who added that aquafeed output in China is expected to remain steady or slightly...
IFFO RS, the business to business certification program for the production of marine ingredients, has changed its name to MarinTrust. It also unveiled a new logo.
Leading fish feed producer, Skretting, said it is actively working with several retailers to ensure the fish that reaches the market meets their sustainability criteria.
Registration for the Future of Fish Feed’s carnivorous fish feed sales competition is being extended to allow for challenges stemming from the ongoing, global COVID-19 outbreak.
In recent aquaculture feed related developments, we see that China has opened up its market to Norwegian fishmeal and fish oil imports, that Biomin is supporting two UK sustainable aquaculture students and that Alltech has entered a partnership for North...
To ensure assurance and to increase accessibility to its program, the organization behind the global standard for responsible sourcing of marine ingredients, IFFO RS, is calling for certification bodies (CBs) to apply to become an approved CB to certify...
Replacing partial replacement of soybean meal in pre-starter diets with a more digestible protein such as fishmeal, maize gluten meal or potato protein may have performance benefits, argues a researcher.
Four salmon feed companies have been accused by the Chilean National Economic Prosecutor's Office (FNE) of conspiring from 2003 to 2015 to fix fish feed prices in that market.
Balancing farmed rainbow trout diets for amino acids allows for a reduction in crude protein levels in feed while maintaining feed efficiency, stress response and growth performance, researchers say.
Supplementing sea bass diets with a higher level of taurine boosts fish growth and feed efficiency when using a low-fishmeal, high soy protein diet, researchers say.
UK retailers and international fish feed producers look to set the record straight in relation to claims made in a new report linking them to the sourcing of non-sustainably produced fishmeal and fish oil for feed for seafood products.
The goal of a new feed formulation developed by BioMar, branded as Salvea, is to have a carnivorous fish ration with the lowest possible impact on wild ocean resources, while ensuring a high nutritional performance for fish growth, and keeping a lid on...
Certain US feed and agricultural products are likely to be excluded from punitive Chinese tariffs, as the US and China move to ease trade war tensions. Over the last week, both Washington and Beijing offered gestures of good will.
Danish fishmeal and fish oil producer, TripleNine, says it is forced to make redundancies at two of its factories in Denmark due to raw material supply issues.
Tilapia processing waste may provide an alternative and less expensive protein source to use in place of fishmeal in shrimp feeds while supporting shrimp production, Brazilian researchers say.
The F3 Fish Oil Challenge is in its final quarter and seeing commitments from feed and aquaculture companies interested in working with the winning, fish-free fish oil.
Replacing some fishmeal and oil use with algae meal may boost the weight gain of carnivorous fish and alter fish fatty acid profiles while supporting fish survival, say researchers.
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Bangkok provided the launchpad earlier this month for a new application of Biomin’s Fumzyme that will initially target aquaculture feed producers in Asia. The Asian region was chosen for the launch of Fumzyme Sol because of its high prevalence of fumonisins,...
The findings of a new study suggest that a novel production process can efficiently concentrate proteins from complex bone-rich fish by-products and produce a pure protein ingredient for aquaculture diets.
Production of the feed protein ingredient fishmeal could see 25% production drop following a period of warmer water temperatures, but exports are set to increase, says agricultural specialist.
AB Agri Ltd, part of Association British Foods, has acquired Michel Pasze, a specialist young animal nutrition business based in Smigiel, Poland. It will operate as Primary Diets Polska.
Shrimp on low fishmeal diets may see improved weight gain, digestibility and feed conversion when supplemental protease, carbohydrase and organic acid salts are added, say researchers.
Niels Alsted has just retired from Danish fish feed manufacturer, BioMar. In total, he spent 45 years in the aquaculture sector. He talked FeedNavigator through his career, which started in 1974 on a small trout farm in Denmark.
Fermenting soybean meal may improve digestibility, antioxidant capacity and immune response when the alternative protein replaces fishmeal in farmed Japanese seabass diets, say researchers.
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has recently revealed it is aiming to bring plant ingredients within its Feed Standard, through the development and adoption of assessment tools for traceability and sustainability, in an approach similar to that...
