BioMar forms feed task force to improve RAS efficiency Feed manufacturer BioMar has increased its focus on land-based fish farming by bringing all its recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) specialists together to form a global task force.
Feed or biomass? SEPA launches consultation on salmon farm size regulation The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) today launched an eight-week public consultation to help determine whether it uses biomass or feed limits, or some other method, to regulate fish farming’s impact on the environment.
European patent protection for SCP aquafeed developer Single cell protein developer KnipBio has announced that its patent titled Methylotrophs for Aquaculture and Animal Feed has been approved for grant by the European Patent Office. The patent offers broad-based protection for the company’s intellectual property rights in the use of methylotrophic bacteria to produce single cell proteins for animal feeds.
Wood-to-feed producer in Innovation Award final Alternative feed ingredient producer Arbiom has been named as one of three finalists in contention for the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Innovation Award 2019.
Cooke to re-open former Skretting feed mill Canadian-owned salmon farmer Cooke Inc today announced that it had bought the former Skretting fish feed mill in Invergordon, Easter Ross, to supply its Scottish operation, Cooke Aquaculture Scotland.
Squeezing more goodness out of forage fish Danish feed manufacturer Aller Aqua is to collaborate with marine ingredients producer TripleNine to identify components of marine raw materials which can best benefit fish health and growth.
BioMar raises profits forecast after increase in sales Feed manufacturer BioMar has raised its guidance for full-year revenue and EBITDA after reporting improved results for the first half of 2019.
Skretting helps Chile find home-grown feed alternatives Feed manufacturer Skretting is to work with Chile’s Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) to increase the substitution of marine raw materials in salmon feeds.
BioMar launches smartphone sustainability check for feed BioMar has launched a transparency tool that enables consumers to use their smartphones to check on the sustainability of the feed given to the salmon they’re buying.
BioMar to supply greener feed to Chinese trout grower Aquafeed producer BioMar has signed a deal with China’s largest trout farmer to supply a high-performance feed that has just over half the environmental footprint of local Chinese feed.
Chile ‘moving towards salmon feeds without fish oil’ Several feeds made without fish oil will be available to Chilean salmon farmers within the next two years, the president of salmon producers’ organisation SalmonChile has promised.
Can power station gases fuel UK fish feed growth? The feasibility of using carbon dioxide captured from a British power station’s flue gases to make single cell proteins for use in fish and farm animal feed is to be tested in a pilot scheme, it was announced today.
New raw material 'may be game changer in aquafeed' Feed ingredient developer KnipBio today announced a breakthrough in its fermentation research that enables the company to produce its single cell protein aquafeed ingredient, KnipBio Meal (KBM), from condensed distillers’ solubles (CDS).
Cargill marine content of feed reduced in 2018 Aquaculture feed manufacturer Cargill reduced the amount of marine ingredients in the salmon feeds it sold in 2018 to 27.6% compared to 30.7% in 2017.
