Recent devastating fires in the Amazon raise concerns for the use of Brazilian sourced soy in aquafeeds

Development of marine aquaculture in Denmark has been dealt a blow by the Danish Government. In an announcement this week, Environment Minister, Lea Wermelin said that to protect the environment, there would be no new marine fish farms or expansion to existing ones.

The Future of Fish Feed (F3) third contest—F3 Challenge – Carnivore Edition—is now open to companies that produce and sell “fish-free” feed for farm-raised carnivorous species. The sales contest will award $35K prizes for salmonids, shrimp, other carnivorous species

The company has partnered with White Dog Labs to secure access to single-cell protein as a sustainable option to reduce the use of fishmeal. The company plans to begin offering it in salmon feed.

Aller Aqua and marine ingredients producer TripleNine have entered a research collaboration to identify functional components of marine raw materials that benefit fish health and growth. Feeding trials on selected fish species will be conducted at Aller Aqua Research.

We need to design systems that utilize sunlight for primary production in the upper plankton layers of the oceans through production of feeds through phytoplankton, micro- and macro-algae, zooplankton and marine bacteria.

In partnership with BioMar, the Salmon Group has tailor-made a new feed that is lower in environmental toxins and will reduce the carbon footprint by 20%.

The European Free Trade Association (Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein) concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement with Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay).

Australian yellow kingfish producer, Clean Seas, maintains that the feed supplied from December 2008 to July 2012 by Gibson’s Limited, trading as Skretting Australia, was taurine deficient.

Malcolm Pye, Benchmark's founder and Chief Executive Officer, has announced his decision to step down to allow the company to appoint a new Chief Executive to drive the next phase of Benchmark's growth and development.

Fishmeal producers have been on an indefinite strike since August 1 in protest against collecting GST from fishmeal and related products.

BioMar has increased 4% sales volumes and revenue in the first 2019 half year compared to 2018 due to the strong performance in the salmon markets in the UK and Chile as well as within the business units producing feed for other species across the world.

The company has taken a significant step toward its sustainability goals signing a letter to the secretary-general of the United Nations committing Alltech to the U.N. Global Compact focused on positive advancements in human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption.

Salmon fed with Candida utilis during seawater transfer showed higher feed intake and higher growth rate than control diets.

The group plans to expand internationally with 13 projects in 5 years with an investment of $350 million.

World Feeds, a UK manufacturer of animal feeds, has entered the aquaculture marketplace with new diets for lumpfish and wrasse.

The UK retailer is in the process of updating its own brand of farmed salmon standards to reduce the amount of wild-caught fish in aquaculture.

CPF (India) Private Limited will enter this year into IFFO RS Improver Program (IFFO RS IP). It will be the first company in India to apply for fishmeal sourcing and manufacturing in line with an international sustainable standard.

Fuelgarden Energy has commissioned the LNG installation of the feed factory at Kyleakin, Scotland.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has published medicated feed information.