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…

British Sandeel fishery closures set to impact the aquafeed and salmon industries

The UK’s proposal to fully close the Dogger Bank to EU fishing for Sandeel is set to profoundly impact the EU fishing sector, extending to the aquafeed and salmon industries. Apparently driven by a conservation goal for the marine ecosystem, this move is going to contribute towards a significant surge in global fishmeal and fish oil prices amid an existing shortage fishmeal and fish oil shortage that has been exacerbated by closure of the Peruvian anchovy fisheries.…

Symposium on future perspectives of fishmeal and fish oil

To read the article in the Eurofish Magazine 6 2016 click here On the 29th and 30th of August 2016, EUfishmeal and Nordic Marine Think Tank hosted a conference on the perspectives…

Good health of salmon

A new research report entitled “Effects of changes in fatty acid composition of salmon feed related to health, welfare and robustness” describes the results of a study of what should be a safe low marine omega-3 content in feed for farmed salmon, and what is, at the same time, adequate to ensure that the fish is healthy. Read more click here The study was funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Fishery and Aquaculture Industry Research Fund. The study was conducted…

Fishmeal and fish oil from mesopelagic fish

New research reveals that the abundance of mesopelagic fish living in the deep ocean are so large that they potentially could feed the worlds population. Read the article click here…

The dioxin problem of Baltic herring and salmon

Marine Ingredients Denmark participated in a GOHERR stakeholder workshop 16-17 February 2016 The workshop Background, Agenda and workshop position papers can be downloaded here: Background, Agenda and Workshop position papers. Fatty Baltic Sea fish provide a rich source of Omega3 fatty acids and vitamin D for humans and could be attractive for people favoring locally produced healthy food. A problem in common for Baltic salmon and herring is, however, that they contain…