Newsletter for Thursday, January 31, 2019

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2019 Alltech Global Feed Survey
Alltech Global Feed Survey estimates world feed production increased 3% to 1.103 billion metric tons in 2018. Aquaculture feeds showed growth of 4%.
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Veramaris and Skretting team up
Veramaris and Skretting team up to provide Lingalaks marine algae oil for salmon industry.
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Benchmark announces successful results for year 2018
The Group achieved good growth in revenues and underlying earnings and made substantial progress in implementing its strategy.
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U.S. – Plant Based Products Council launched
Archer Daniels Midland Co., Cargill, Tate & Lyle and Ingredion are among the founding members of the Plant Based Products Council, which will seek more sustainable consumer products and packaging through greater use of plant-based materials.
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New Zealand – Skretting’s fish food research facility opens
Skretting’s new research facility objectives will include validating the use of zero fish meal diets, high energy diets in King Salmon and improving knowledge of the protein requirements.
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Chile - BioMar “Farmer of the year 2019”
BioMar recognized as “Farmer of the year” three Atlantic salmon grow-out farms in the three southern regions: Los Lagos, Aysen, and Magallanes. Two of the winning centers are owned by Australis in Aysen and one by Mowi in Los Lagos.
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Chile – Cargill launched water quality analysis tool for fish farms
The new EWOS service, called Water CHECKER, monitors and compiles 15 water quality parameters which can affect fish performance
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Fishing in the south of Peru is still at a level higher than most experts forecasted. There was some good news about a possible El Nino in March.
Fishmeal prizes per m/t FOB vessel Peru port ranged from US$ 1,220 for 65/66% protein to US$ 1,520 for 68% protein, 500 hist, 120 TVN.
In northern Europe, Pelagia, TripleNine and Norsildmel have ended their joint fishmeal sales cooperation. Norsildmel had been marketing all the fishmeal for all three companies. The three companies will move ahead with their own marketing/sales operations.

Today’s grain prices and Commodity Futures. There is also a wealth of up-to- date commodity information available via links from our Markets & Price Reports Page.

AFIA New Biosecurity Guidance Available
The American Feed Industry Association has updated its biosecurity guidelines, providing new information on how viruses can potentially spread throughout the feed manufacturing process and recommendations on how feed and ingredient manufacturers can develop and implement biosecurity plans at their facilities to better safeguard their feed and feed ingredients.
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Feed Machinery ISO Meeting
Thirty ISO/TC-293 members from seven countries, including the American Feed Industry Association’s Gary Huddleston and three AFIA Equipment Manufacturing Committee members, met for the second plenary meeting in Winterthur, Switzerland, to discuss feed machinery standards on terminology, safety and hygiene.
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The rise of aquaculture by-products: Increasing food production, value, and sustainability through strategic utilization
Since 2000, the use of wild fish inputs in the production of farm raised fish outputs, also known as the Fish In:Fish Out (FI:FO) ratio, has been a primary concern of the sustainability dialogue surrounding aquaculture production. Far less attention has been placed on the sustainability of downstream processing, including how by-products are managed. This paper contributes new information on the current utilization of aquaculture by-products in a case study on the Scottish Atlantic salmon industry. The findings show that there is considerable potential to increase the sustainability of the industry through maximizing human edible yield by strategically managing by-products. Supporting the movement towards the full utilization of by-products, this paper goes a step further by emphasizing the need to maximize their use in human consumption and select animal feeds, highlighting the economic, food security, and environmental benefits of doing so. Through exploratory scenarios based on the case study, the paper identifies that Scotland could increase food production from fish farming by over 60%, increase by-product revenue by 803%, and increase the industry bottom-line by over 5%, all without having to put any new cages in the water, or use any more marine resources. As the aquaculture industry moves into a new era of production and processing, where a diverse range of products can be produced from a single species, sustainability will be sought throughout the value chain. It is hoped that the ideas raised within this paper will encourage further discussion and collaboration on this topic going forward.
The rise of aquaculture by-products: Increasing food production, value, and sustainability through strategic utilization
Julien R. Stevensa,b, Richard W. Newtona , Michael Tlusty c,d , David C. Little a
aInstitute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
bKampachi Farms, Research & Development, PO Box 4239, Kailua-Kona, HI 96745, USA
cSchool for the Environment, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
dAnderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA 02110 USA
Marine Policy (2018) Vol. 90, 115-124
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.12.027

Fish oil by poultry fat in diets for European seabass juveniles
Rendered fats can be sustainable alternatives to fish oil due to their lower price and wider availability. This study evaluates the effects of replacing fish oil by increasing levels of poultry fat on the nutrient utilization, growth performance, tissue composition and lipid metabolism of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles.
Homogeneous groups of 20 fish (19.1 ± 2.6 g) were subjected to a 12-h light/12-h dark photoperiod regime and kept in a recirculating saltwater system (salinity 35‰, 21 ± 1 °C) for 16 weeks. Triplicate groups of fish were fed a commercial-based diet as control (FO) and four isonitrogenous experimental diets, with 25, 50, 75 and 100% fish oil replacement. Soy lecithin was also tested in the diet with 100% poultry fat as an emulsifier agent.
 The inclusion of poultry fat did not affect nutrient\'s digestibility nor plasma metabolites at 24 h post-feeding. Final body weight (62–67 g), feed intake, feed conversion ratio, protein efficiency ratio and whole-body composition were similar among experimental diets. Selected lipogenic enzymes\' activities were similar among FO and protein fats diets.
The fatty acids profile of muscle, liver and heart reflected the dietary lipid source, decreasing PUFA and increasing MUFA contents with poultry fat inclusion. Fish fed 25% and 50% of poultry fat were still able to provide the EPA and DHA muscle levels recommended for human consumption, but 100% resulted in increased liver lipid accumulation and reduced muscle omega-3 levels. Including soy lecithin could significantly attenuate liver lipid content in fish fed poultry fat-based diets.
Partial and total replacement of fish oil by poultry fat in diets for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles: Effects on nutrient utilization, growth performance, tissue composition and lipid metabolism
Inês Camposab , Elisabete Matosc, Margarida R.G.Maiad, Alexandra Marquesa, Luisa M.P.Valenteab

aCIIMAR, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos, S/N, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
bICBAS, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
cSORGAL, Sociedade de Óleos e Rações, S.A., Estrada Nacional 109, Lugar da Pardala, 3880-728 S. João de Ovar, Portugal
dREQUIMTE, LAQV, ICBAS, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
Aquaculture (2019) Vol. 502: 107-120.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.12.004

BioMar Brande investment update
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Ohly launches Ohly-GO® Wall, a robust hydrolyzed yeast cell wall product
To overcome the variability in performance of yeast cell wall products Ohly is introducing a new yeast cell wall product produced from primary cultivated yeast by hydrolysis: Ohly-GO® Wall. This product combines the health benefits of Mannan Oligosaccharides (MOS) and β-glucans.
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DSM joint venture with Nenter to produce vitamin E
Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, announced that it intends to create a 75/25 joint venture with Nenter & Co., Inc., which will include all Nenter’s production and related assets for Vitamin E.
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Evonik and Vland enter strategic cooperation
Evonik and Vland signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic cooperation in the field of probiotics for animal nutrition and in the field of enzymes for industrial applications.
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Calysta recognized for efforts in sustainable innovation
Calysta, an innovator in sustainable products to improve worldwide food security, was named by Cleantech Group in the prestigious 2019 Global Cleantech 100.
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Aquafeed Job Center

• Business Development Manager (Animal Fed and Nutrition)
  MBP Solutions is looking for a new business developer to join their animal feed team of international specialists and work from one of their offices in either The Netherlands (Gouda), Switzerland (Neuchatel), United Kingdom (Skipton) or in North America (Minnesota).
  Apply by February 28.
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• PhD and Postdoc positions – Sweden
  University of Gothenburg is looking for a PhD and a Postdoc in Analytical Chemistry, Molecular Biology or Microbiology to develop new applications of microorganisms for enrichment of feed, including manipulation of microbial species and culture conditions to maximize the nutritional content of microalgal biomass for shellfish, and biofloc for fish and shrimp in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).
  Apply by February 1, 2019. Start date of May 15, 2019 is preferred.
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• Postdoctoral researcher - Sweden
  University of Gothenburg is looking for a Postdoctoral researcher. The position is part of a project examining the role of microbial populations in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), in anaerobic digesters and in hydroponics (HYP) units with the goal of better understanding conditions that will maximise beneficial transfers of microbes and their products among components of decoupled aquaponics systems.
   Apply by February 1, 2019. Start date of May 15, 2019 is preferred.
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• Sales Executive - USA
  Prairie AquaTech has a position available for a sales executive.
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Aquafeed Extrusion Technology Course back in Europe
The Aquafeed Extrusion Technology Course is running from 15 to 17 April at FôrTek (Centre for Feed Technology) in As, Norway. There is also a Food and Feed Drying Program the previous week on April 11 and 12.
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Registration open for RAStech 2019
RAStech 2019 will take place in Washington D.C. (USA) on May 13 -14. Registration is open with a maximum of 250 attendees.
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1st International Feed Technology Congress at the VICTAM Exhibition
Wageningen University supported by the VICTAM Foundation will host the 1st International Feed Technology Congress from June 12-13 in Cologne, Germany, during VICTAM International exhibition 2019.
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2019 Fish Waste for Profit call for papers
Submissions are now invited for the 3rd edition of Fish Waste for Profit, taking place separately to the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition for the first time, from 10-11 April 2019 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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New BAP Auditor Training Course includes standards for feed mills
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division is holding its next BAP auditor training course at the Santiago Marriott Hotel in Santiago, Chile, from April 7 to 12.
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