Faced with a widening gap between fish supply and demand, and a heavy reliance on imports, nations like Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria are implementing strategic programs to bolster their domestic aquaculture industries.

The Global Shrimp Forum 2025 in Utrecht will address the impact of U.S. tariffs on global shrimp trade, China's consumption capacity, and diverse industry topics like traceability, animal welfare, and byproduct utilization.

Bangladesh is seeing its aquaculture sector rapidly expand to meet increasing demand for fish, with aquafeed production evolving to use more advanced methods and ingredients, despite facing challenges in energy supply, skilled labor, and investment access.

Precision nutrition in aquaculture, tailoring nutrient delivery to species-specific needs using advanced models, ingredient insights, and digital tools, offers a path to improved growth, feed efficiency, and sustainability, as emphasized at IFFO’s 2025 Members’ Meeting.

In this interview, Artur Rombenso, senior research scientist at CSIRO, explores the future of aquaculture nutrition, emphasizing the shift toward precision feeding, sustainable ingredient sourcing, and integrated innovation to overcome industry challenges and enhance global food security.

At the IFFO 2025 Members’ Meeting, Brett Glencross outlined key regulatory updates on fishmeal shipping and antioxidant use, and detailed efforts to improve contaminant testing in marine oils to ensure global safety and compliance standards.

Despite potential export market challenges and raw material concerns, Skretting India is focusing on boosting domestic shrimp consumption through initiatives like Shrimp-a-Thon and promoting technology adoption to address health issues in the growing Indian aquaculture sector.

IFFO’s 2025 Members’ Meeting highlighted the marine ingredients industry’s recovery from El Niño, ongoing consolidation, and a growing shift toward byproducts, diversified sourcing, and sustainable innovation to meet rising global demand across aquafeed, pet food, and human nutrition.

South Asia's booming livestock and aquaculture sectors are driving a surge in demand for high-quality animal feed, creating significant growth opportunities for U.S. Soy, which is leveraging its nutritional quality, sustainability credentials, and industry partnerships to support the region's feed efficiency, resilience, and aquaculture innovation.

With Aquaterra canola oil being approved in Norway for use in fish feeds, the company is working with the value chain to increase consumer understanding and acceptance.