Aquafeed

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Bakkafrost Group’s salmon farms in the Faroe Islands harvested 19,300 tonnes of head-on gutted (HOG) weight fish in the fourth-quarter of last year, which represented a decrease of 1,400 tonnes on…

4th January 2023

Bakkafrost harvests down

4th January 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Billed as the first plant of its kind to open in North America in at least 25 years, the new fishmeal processing facility in Warrenton, Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest, that’s jointly-owned…

2nd December 2022

‘The world needs protein’

2nd December 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Soybeans and fishmeal have helped make aquaculture a global force to be reckoned with, but it now looks like the industry has arrived at the point where it needs to increase the…

25th November 2022

New proteins on the table

25th November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

American global food corporation Cargill has announced that Brian Sikes has been elected President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1 January 2023. 

22nd November 2022

Cargill appoints new chief

22nd November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Marine growth found on the legs of decommissioned oil and gas platforms could form the basis of new novel aquaculture and livestock feeds, researchers believe.

22nd November 2022

A new aquafeed resource?

22nd November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Protein company Unibio has announced that an initial trial of its single-cell protein Uniprotein on whiteleg shrimp (Pennaus vannamei) has been conducted and delivered up to 75% improved survival rate compared to a…

18th November 2022

Shrimp feed trial results

18th November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The Netherlands-based insect ingredient manufacturer Protix has released comparative sustainability figures for its products following a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by the Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik (DIL eV). 

15th November 2022

Protix measures footprint

15th November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

A new fishmeal processing facility has been opened in Warrenton, Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest, that will focus on the upcycling of fish trimmings.

19th October 2022

Oregon fishmeal JV opens

19th October 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Agboola Jeleel Opeyemi has been crowned the winner of this year’s Nutreco Young Researchers’ Prize, securing the top €12,000 cash prize to help further his research.

14th October 2022

Young researcher awarded

14th October 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

AquaRech Ltd has been named the winner of the 2022 Nutreco Feed & Food Tech Challenge (NFFTC), scooping the award for its work to build Kenya’s first fish farming supply chain platform. 

13th October 2022

Kenya wins innovation prize

13th October 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Rare Earth Global, a UK grower of industrial hemp crops, is taking its first steps into the aquaculture sector with a project could lead to the alternative plant-based protein source being used…

22nd August 2022

Hemp aquafeed trials

22nd August 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

As aquaculture grows, producers and feed firms are constantly looking for sustainable ingredients.

22nd August 2022

What makes a sustainable feed?

22nd August 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

With feed emissions representing up to 80% of aquaculture’s greenhouse gas emissions, global aquafeed company Skretting says it’s critical that feed companies and the wider aquaculture value chain prioritise the reduction of…

18th August 2022

Skretting elevates reporting

18th August 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

BioMar Group and Síldarvinnslan are teaming up to build a net-zero aquafeed production facility in Iceland.

17th August 2022

New net-zero feed plant

17th August 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Contestants competing in the F3 Challenge – Carnivore Edition have sold a combined 3,185 tonnes of fish-free feed in the sales contest designed to spark innovation in the aquafeed industry to find viable, cost-competitive…

9th August 2022

F3 aquafeed contest latest

9th August 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Despite all the terrors of ongoing conflict, most Ukrainian fish producers have maintained their operations – not least because the population needs them to, learns World Fishing & Aquaculture

25th July 2022

Farming in the shadow of war

25th July 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

With million tonnes of fisheries and aquaculture raw materials going to waste, IceFish 2022’s Fish Waste for Profit Conference heard there’s significant scope to optimise the use and value of seafood

19th July 2022

Total fish utilisation

19th July 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Norwegian land-based aquaculture company Andfjord Salmon has signed a letter of intent with aquafeed supplier Skretting Norway and Sortland-based Zooca (Calanus AS) that facilitates the provision of a specifically designed salmon feed…

13th July 2022

Salmon feed collab

13th July 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Innovafeed and Cargill have extended their global partnership to bring novel ingredients to aquafarmers from three to 10 years and will jointly develop and market insect meal to help aquafeed customers raise…

5th July 2022

Ingredients partnership

5th July 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Netherlands-based animal nutrition giant Nutreco has acquired full ownership of Eruvaka after purchasing a 25% stake in 2018.

4th July 2022

Nutreco acquires Eruvaka

4th July 2022