An open letter to the Norwegian government calls on it to ban the salmon farming industry from sourcing fish oil from West Africa.
"Through international collaboration and embracing innovative management practices, we can secure responsibly sourced marine resources for generations to come," Dave Robb, Cargill Aqua Nutrition Group Sustainability Lead.
For fish farmers, the summer months bring seasonal challenges. Specially formulated high-temperature feeds can limit the impacts on fish health and farming productivity.
Aquaculture is crucial to food security and the economy in West African countries and feed is one of the key factors. In Ghana, stakeholders are discussing local ingredients as alternatives for cost-effective feeds.
Nouvelles Vagues is a French scientific and technical platform offering a wide range of services to the aquafeed industry.
Nutreco presented a new approach focused on creating phytotechnology solutions to support the performance, health and welfare of aquatic species, farm and companion animals.
The government is extending five years the deadline to move away from salmon net-pen farms.
Mowi Feed also had a good quarter, setting a new record for volumes sold in what is expected to be another year of all-time high volumes and earnings.
This comes in response to aquaculture producers’ calls to reduce the administrative burden of establishing and operating aquaculture sites in the EU.
The guidelines are a set of shared and agreed principles and practices that all countries and stakeholders can use to make their aquaculture sectors more productive, efficient, inclusive, resilient, climate-smart, and socially and environmentally responsible.
Over 85% of the additional projected fish production will stem from aquaculture, elevating its share in global fish production to 55% by 2033, predicts the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook.
The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research analyzed feed ingredients and aquafeeds and found low levels of PFAS in fish feed.
Applications will be accepted through September 27, 2024.
The event will take place from October 21-23 and is open to IFFO members and non-IFFO members interested in the marine ingredients value chain.
The next IFW will be held in Turin, Italy, in 2026 and AFFIA will be hosting the next annual Asian Insect Industry & Research Forum in 2025.
This three-day course covers the principles of extrusion, and the design of extrusion processes for aquatic feeds, as well as how the formulation interacts with the extrusion process.
This three-day course covers the principles of extrusion, the design of extrusion processes for human food products, as well as how the formulation interacts with the extrusion process.