Europe

Norway proposes 40% resource tax on aquaculture operations

September 29, 2022

The proposal covers the production of salmon, trout and rainbow trout and involves the taxation of resource rent at an effective rate of 40%.
FEAP concerned about compensation aid for fish farmers

September 29, 2022

The Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) is concerned with the slow unfolding of compensation aid for fish farmers suffering losses because of the war in Ukraine and rising production costs.
Northern Europe’s largest insect meal project raises additional funding

September 23, 2022

Enorm Biofactory boosted the funding that was raised in January to scale up its insect plant and develop new eco-friendly power facilities.
Russia expands measures to support local aquafeed mills

September 20, 2022

The government aims to accelerate the construction of aquafeed production facilities to increase production volumes.
Feed tailored for tuna to solve sea slime occurrence on Malta’s coastline

September 14, 2022

A six-week pilot project will test the use of a new diet for tuna in Malta specially manufactured to substitute oil-leaking baitfish.
EU Parliament votes on EU deforestation law

September 14, 2022

The new law would make it obligatory for companies to verify that goods sold in the EU have not been produced on deforested or degraded land anywhere in the world.
Hiddenfjord changes to marine-based diet to cut carbon impact

September 13, 2022

The company is one of the three salmon farms on the Faroe Islands. While not being the biggest producer on this remote island group, it may have the strongest ambitions when it comes to sustainable salmon production. In early 2022, the company changed the salmon feed to further reduce its carbon impact.
New partnership unveils insect-based feed for land-based shrimp

September 7, 2022

Förde Garnelen, Aquafeed Germany, Protix, neomar and Crusta Nova have joined forces to launch a new feed for European land-based shrimp farms.
Skretting expands partnership with eniferBio

September 1, 2022

The partnership has been strengthened by the signing of an agreement that defines the future steps for testing PEKILO® protein in Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout.
AB Linas Agro Group sells subsidiaries in Russia and Belarus

August 31, 2022

The companies on sale are engaged in the production and wholesale of premixes and the wholesale of feed and raw materials for feed production.
Grieg Seafood excludes Russian feed ingredients

August 23, 2022

The exclusion also applies to feed ingredients from Belarus, as the country has taken part in Russia’s war efforts.
Scottish project to test hemp in salmon aquafeeds

August 22, 2022

The project team has begun an initial feasibility trial to assess the impact of hemp protein on fish health and wellbeing, looking at factors such as digestibility and nutritional value.
BioMar, Síldarvinnslan to build a net-zero aquafeed facility in Iceland

August 15, 2022

The joint venture will utilize byproducts from Sildarvinnslans’ fishing operations and tap into BioMar’s extensive R&D portfolio and knowledge in the use of novel ingredients.
World Feeds testing feed blocks in cleaner fish hatchery stages

August 1, 2022

The company found that early-stage exposure to feed blocks helped acclimate the juvenile fish to grazing on blocks, enabling greater effectiveness once the adult cleaner fish reach the sea pen.
Insect meal as a feed ingredient of meagre and European seabass

July 25, 2022

Aquasoja has been testing insect meal in these species suggesting different replacement rates of fishmeal for both species.
BioMar appeal rejected by the Supreme Court of Norway

July 21, 2022

After suffering consecutive losses in previous judicial authorities, the Supreme Court has thrown out the appeal from BioMar.
Sustainable investment for Stirling's new aquaculture research center

July 19, 2022

The new aquaculture research and innovation facility at the University of Stirling has received a further one million pounds of investment.
Will grass make fish feed greener?

July 18, 2022

Aller Aqua’s quest is to make fish feed formulations more sustainable and this includes the search for high protein alternative feed ingredients. Protein from grass could be the next thing. Henrik T. Halken explains how this fits in the company’s sustainability journey.
Andfjord Salmon, Skretting and Zooca team up for specially designed salmon feed

July 13, 2022

The partnership will provide specifically tailored feed to Andfjord Salmon’s flow-through system that utilizes Calanus finmarchicus, making it the world’s first salmon farmer to use it.
BioMar develops summer performance enhancer for seabass

June 30, 2022

SmartCare ROBUST is a new diet that supports the performances of European seabass during summer periods with challenging conditions of high temperature and sub-optimal dissolved oxygen levels.