EFFOP General Assembly 2022

On June 1st, 2022, EFFOP held its annual general assembly. Neither the chair nor the vice-chair was up for election, and the Executive Committee continued unchanged. The Excom members are: Frank Trearty, Ireland (Chair) Gardar Svavarsson, Iceland (Vice-chair) Christian Bisgaard, Germany, France and Spain Johannes Palsson, Denmark Kyrre Dale, Norway Toby Parker, UK Odd Eliasson, Faroe Islands Toomas Kevvai, Estonia Janis Zoldners, Latvia Charles Goudon, Malta At the…

Fed by Blue – Hope is in the Water

Fed by Blue is an initiative which aim is to broaden access to responsible seafood (referred to as “blue food”) by increasing transparency, expanding education, and improving…

European Fishmeal Producers Deliver Valuable Ingredients from Offcuts and Pelagic Fish

This article was ariginallt brought at the Danish Agriculture & Food Council’s website. We are stronger when we stand together. This is the philosophy in the…

A new marine ingredients responsible sourcing policy

EFFOP welcomes the new responsible sourcing policy from Nutreco and Skretting that aims to protect the ocean and ensure that fish stocks intended for direct or indirect…

Invitation: Seminar on “Building our knowledge of the mesopelagic zone”

EFFOP is partner in the MEESO project: “Ecologically and economically sustainable mesopelagic fisheries (MEESO)“. The MEESO project is organizing a seminar “Building our knowledge of the mesopelagic zone“, Friday 25 March 2022 at Castletroy Park Hotel, Co. Limerick, Ireland, 9:30 – 14:00 GMT Frank Trearty, President of EFFOP, will give a presentation entitled ”The European Fishmeal and Fish Oil Produceres – mesopelagics a potential…

New members join EFFOP once again

We are happy to announce that EFFOP has accepted three new members, two producers and one associated. On the producer’s side, we greet Aquaculture Resources Limited, a Maltese fishmeal and fish oil producer focusing on tuna byproducts, who plan to enter operation in September of 2022. We also welcome Venta FM, our new producing member from Latvia. As both will be the sole member of their respective countries, they are also offered a seat on EFFOP’s executive board.  As an associated…