UK factory closures dent Skretting sustainability performance The percentage of deforestation-free soy used by feed manufacturer Skretting fell last year because of the company’s closure of its UK factories at Invergordon and Preston, the company has revealed.
Seafood consumers show appetite for sustainability A recent study carried out for certification body the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) confirms that consumers in northern hemisphere countries are interested in knowing if fish and shellfish come from sustainable sources.
Cooke ticks sustainability box with MSC fish for Scottish feed plant Fish from two recently accredited fisheries are to be used at a Scottish feed plant now owned by Cooke Aquaculture, enhancing the Scottish salmon industry’s sustainability credentials.
‘Transparent’ Mowi ranked high on sustainability table The world’s biggest salmon farmer, Mowi, has been ranked highly in a sustainability league table of the world’s 30 most influential companies in the seafood industry.
Skretting sticks with ‘selective’ forage fish use Feed manufacturer Skretting has voiced its support for the continued use of marine ingredients as well as alternative sources.
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.
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.
Cermaq Canada antibiotic use up, survival down Salmon farmer Cermaq Canada used more antibiotics and in-feed sea lice treatment in the third quarter of 2018 than in the same period the year before.
Chilean salmon farmers cut mortality to 4.2% Salmon farmers belonging to industry association SalmonChile reduced mortality by 44% in 2017, the organisation revealed in a sustainability report.
High and lows in Cermaq sustainability report Salmon and trout producer Cermaq’s newly released sustainability report for 2016 shows it has tripled the number of ASC certified fish farming sites from six to 18 during the 12-month period.
Top trout firm’s green pledge Dawnfresh Seafoods, one of the UK's largest trout producers and seafood processors, has this week pledged to help reduce food waste and greenhouse gas emissions by signing the Courtauld Commitment 2025.
