Marine ingredients’ production and consumption are not projected to decline for the time being, but they will certainly be utilized more and more as strategic ingredients in feed diets made of a bigger variety of feed components, according to Enrico Bachis reflection on SOFIA 2020 report.
Ian McIntosh has decided to retire in September 2020 and Michael Gelchie will replace him as chief executive officer.
Shrimp farming methods in Thailand have improved since Seafood Watch last assessed Thai farmed shrimp, prompting the change in rating from Red to Yellow.
Promoting farmed fish well-being with optimized feeds helps fish cope with different types of stressors that compromise animal health and survival.
A European project validated the use of beer byproducts, such as bagasse and yeast, for their use as ingredients for aquafeeds and found no sensory differences when comparing with fish fed on commercial diets.
A team of researchers, together with Biomin, tested seaweed extracts in whiteleg shrimp and found a decrease of feed contamination by fungi and a reduction of shrimp mortality by up to 50% upon a challenge with V. parahaemolyticus.
USSEC continues to guide the shrimp aquaculture industry in Indonesia to follow the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standard that is linked to the U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol standard.
The country aims at increasing organic aquaculture up to 0.5-1.5% of total aquaculture production.
A new version of the MarinTrust Chain of Custody will be released in late July 2020 and will include a specific clause focused on registering key data elements that initiates deployment in an innovative way to demonstrate full traceability from the source.
The company said it would not buy from Cargill’s Aqua Nutrition subsidiary until its mother company had “significantly reduced” its “soy-related deforestation risk in Brazil” in a move to apply pressure on supply chains.
The Chilean research center, which provides research services to different industry players, is currently working on several projects, including different trials for Skretting ARC Norway, DSM and countries such as Canada and Australia.
BioMar Norway and Bio Feeder extended their collaboration with a new cutting-edge hybrid vessel, the Kryssholm, that features a combination of diesel engines and hybrid batteries and that will be completed in 2021.
OMEGA contains selected fish oil as the lipid added source, allowing for increased intake of marine ingredients during fish life cycle, with later effect on fillet lipidic profile.
The company’s suppliers have committed to trade only deforestation-free soybeans, including soy grown on legally deforested land from 2021.
Aller Flow is the new feed created considering the impact of the feed on the entire production system while maintaining focus on fish health and growth.
$70,000 will be awarded to the contestants that produce and sell the most fish-free feeds in each of three categories, salmonid, shrimp and other carnivorous species, without using wild-caught fish or any marine-animal ingredients.
Harm de Wildt, Nutreco COO and CEO Trouw Nutrition, will retire and Nutreco’s chief innovation officer, Viggo Halseth, will step down from the Executive Committee and will continue focusing on developments, projects and investments in alternative aquaculture farming.
Leading Norwegian seafood producers, including BioMar, turn to blockchain for help in using technology to provide high-quality, fully traceable products.
The new production line in Brande, now fully operational, increases the overall capacity by 25% up to 160,000 tons of feed produced annually with improved flexibility, quality and production performance.
The World Sustainability Organization signed a MoU with the Institution of Aquaculture Singapore to work collaboratively toward responsible aquaculture development in Singapore.
