Salmon will soon replace shrimp as the largest single global seafood commodity in terms of value. That stunning fact will have sizeable repercussions in the global seafood industry.
Perhaps no sector will have as big of a challenge on their hands as fish feed manufacturers, who are being asked to supply high-quality feed to salmon farms around the world while at the same time reducing the industry’s fish-in, fish-out ratio. One of the biggest challenges faced by the fish feed industry is the need to make optimal use of the approximately five million metric tons of fishmeal and one million metric tons of fish oil it consumes each year, and to find non-marine and other alternatives that meet the nutritional needs of both fish and humans.
Fortunately, promising scientific research is opening a new and more sustainable path forward for fish feed. New research from IFFO, the fish feed trade group, and the University of Stirling, in the United Kingdom, points to the potential use of more seafood byproduct as a solution to cost and supply issues…
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