Asbjørn Børsting was elected as FEFAC’s new president for 2020 – 2023.
The country, that currently produces seabream and tilapia, seeks to increase aquaculture production through new shrimp, abalone, seabream, cobia and seaweed projects.
Northeast Nutrition Scotland appointed Gavin Ross as plant manager at Invergordon Feed Mill and will help grow the production pipeline in the future.
The company acquired the compound feed operations of Neovia Indonesia, PT Welgro Feedmill and PT Wirifa Sakti, from ADM focus on the poultry, aqua and swine feed segments.
The Norwegian government announced that NOK 20 million ($2 million) will be allocated for research on the development of fish feed based on Norwegian raw material.
The Norwegian company partnered with the startup Metapod to incorporate new, locally produced insect meal from grasshoppers and crickets in the salmon feed.
The weaknesses in the shrimp markets, an oversupply of Artemia and the early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the revenues in the company’s Advanced Nutrition business.
The company has been consolidating the concepts of its sustainable development that cover several areas, essentially based on the balance between decisive economic growth, social equity and protection of the environment.
Research shows for the first time the ability of Hermetia illucens to bioaccumulate non-essential elements such as barium, bismuth and gallium.
A study showed that the use of Veramaris® microalgal oil in diets is well tolerated by rainbow trout, even at high levels (10% supplementation) in fish oil-free diets.
The company found high efficiency in the recovery of retracted operculum even in stocks with a prevalence of more than 90% with different degrees of severity.
The company completed a £1.2 million investment to expand its UK facilities and initiate the company expansion in Southeast Asia with a new Singapore facility that will focus on tropical marine species.
Study finds that fed aquaculture production could almost double over the next decade and increased use of novel feeds from sources other than wild-caught fish could help to ensure this growth.
The country predicts a three-fold increase in the production of aquaculture products by 2030 – up to 600,000 tons.
The country signed an agreement to establish a fish farm for species such as hamour and rabbit fish to increase the country’s fish self-sufficiency.
Mesopelagic fisheries are still at the beginning, but new results from experimental fishing and nutritional content indicate that it is a potential fishery resource that could be used in aquafeeds.
Horizon 2020 will soon launch a call worth close to €1 billion and the European Commission launched a survey to shape it.
The choice of the feeding strategy used is intimately linked to farm conditions, business strategy and resources available.
The country’s government has called for strengthening the control of imports for shrimp broodstock and PLs and aquafeeds from China to prevent the entry of decapod iridescent virus 1.
Panama small pelagics fishery is working to meet the full requirements of MarinTrust certification through an industry-led multi-stakeholder effort.
