Discardless – strategies for the gradual elimination of discards in European fisheries

The EU funded project Discardless successfully looks at how we can ensure that all fish caught be fishermen are landed and utilized. The production of fishmeal and fish…

Factors affecting cross-border investments in EU aquaculture

EUMOFA (the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products) has published their new study “Factors affecting cross-border investments in EU aquaculture”…

MIACO 2019

EUfishmeal participated in the “meeting between ICES, Advisory Councils and other Observers (MIACO)“, 17-18 January 2019 in Copenhagen. ICES provides…

The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

The newly released report from the so-called EAT-Lancet Commission, a global non-profit partnership aiming at transforming the global food system, have specific…

Environmentally sound production of proteins

Due to consumer demand for premium feed and food, there is a need to develop the production of proteins so it will be both economically and environmentally sound. This is…

BLOG: EUfishmeal on ASC’s statement on plant sourced fish feed

EUfishmeal welcomes the move, announced by The Aquaculture Stewardship Council in Intrafish today, to now start the approval of a standard for plant ingredients used…

EU’s climate change strategy and marine resources

EUfishmeal welcomes EU’s new climate change strategy Globally, more than 190 countries have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to pursue the goals of…

EUfishmeal workshop on knowledge of fishmeal and fish oil

Workshop in Fishmeal and Fish oil Axelborg, Axeltorv 3, Copenhagen, Denmark 14-15 November 2018 Background and outcome of the workshop The workshop was organized by…

Insects for food and feed

EUfishmeal director Anne Mette Bæk was happy to participate in the Annual conference of The International Platform of Insects for food and feed as a speaker and participant…

FAO Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently published a short report called “Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture”, which is a summary of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 627. The report is a synthesis of current knowledge, adaptation and mitigation options in response to climate change and fisheries and fish production. In general, the report states that warming of the ocean is occurring globally, but appears…

EUfishmeal conference video, October 2018

EUfishmeal conference video on forage fish, marine mammals and optimal fisheries yields. On the 11th of October 2018 EUfishmeal held an open scientific stakeholder…

EUfishmeal conference on forage fish, marine mammals and optimal fisheries yields

EUfishmeal conference video on forage fish, marine mammals and optimal fisheries yields from EUfishmeal on Vimeo. Conference conclusions On the 11th of October 2018…

Seafish report: Fact and figures Fishmeal and Fishoil

Seafish recently published a report om fishmeal and fishoil production, including global trends on supply use and aquaculture-consumption. Read the full report here For Seafish fishmeal news see…

FIFO figures below 1 for salmonids in 2015

Source: IFFO IFFO, The Marine Ingredients Organisation, has calculated new Fish In: Fish Out ratios (FIFO) for 2015 and for the first time FIFO figures for salmonids are below 1. Calculated with FAO data, Fish In: Fish Out ratios (FIFO) have been used by as a way of reviewing the consumption of wild fish by the sector since the 1990s.  Salmonids have drawn attention on this subject in the past, and have been criticised previously for their use of fishmeal and fish oil.  In 2015 the…

EUfishmeal bi-annual conference 2017, Dublin and Killybegs, Ireland

Every other year, EUfishmeal brings its members and associated members together for the bi-annual conference. The location for the conference alternates from member…

EUfishmeal responsibility paper is now online

During recent months EUfishmeal has worked on a infographic about the responsibility of the european fishmeal and fish oil industry. Fishmeal and fish oil are responsible marine ingredients based on certified sustainable fisheries. That is a message we want to communicate to the public and our responsibility is a tool to do so.  Click here to see and read full paper Fishmeal and fish oil is produced mainly from small, short-lived fish with little or no potential for direct…

Farmed salmon need marine omega 3

A new study shows that marine omega 3 fatty acids are necessary in feed to protect the good health of the farmed salmon. In her PhD thesis at Nofima, Marta Bou Mira studied what minimum level of marine omega 3 fatty acids is required in feed to ensure that farmed salmon maintain health and grow well through various life phases under differing environmental conditions. The particular fatty acids she studied are were EPA and DHA. Fish oil is the more important source of these fatty…

Ray Hilborn study disputes previous findings on forage fish

A new study has been published by a scientific group led by University of Washington fisheries researcher Ray Hilborn that disputes previous findings on the impact of human and natural predation on forage fish such as anchovies, sardines and herring. by IFFO A team of seven respected fisheries scientists, led by Prof. Ray Hilborn, Ph.D., of the University of Washington, found that predator populations are less dependent on specific forage fish species than assumed in previous…

IFFO position paper on Forage Fish Dependency Ration

EUfishmeal supports IFFO in their statemens about forage fish dependency ratio (FFDR). It is important to underline, that as long as fishmeal and fish oil are produced from well managed fisheries, or from byproduct from fish from well managed fisheries, then their use in aquafeeds is sustainable. READ the full position paper here The position paper analyzes the FFDR to provide clear information on this complex debate. FFDR is an often quoted tern in the dialogue on feed aquaculture…

Mapping the future of marine ingredients

To read the article in the Eurofish Magazine 6 2016 click here The fishmeal and fish oil industry must juggle several different factors, including environmental, biological, commercial, and legal, in order to thrive. While the aquaculture sector, the biggest user of fishmeal and fish oil, is growing the proportion of marine ingredients in fish feed is falling. On the other hand more lucrative uses are being found for the raw material that is used for the production of fishmeal…