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BioMar has appointed Franck Bodin as the managing director of its new BioMar Viet Uc feed business unit in Vietnam.

BioMar, has expressed its belief in the growth of Ecuador's shrimp farming sector by launching an ambitious plan to ramp up production of shrimp feed from its mill in Guayaquil to 200,000 tonnes a year.

Wanyama Pascal is manager of Bayrise Fish Farm on Lake Victoria, Kenya – a tilapia farm with the capacity to produce nearly 400 tonnes a year.

The ASC has launched a public consultation on ways to improve the welfare of farmed fish – covering issues including water quality, stocking density and slaughter methods.

BioMar reports steady growth in both volume and revenue during Q2 of 2021, but notes decreased sales in salmon segment and increases in prices for raw materials and logistics.

Skretting’s parent company, Nutreco, has formed a joint venture (JV) which aims to produce more fish feed in East Africa.

The Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (Cafan) has started distributing its own brand of fish feed “to take farmers out of bondage” with existing feed producers.

BioMar has acquired a majority share in Viet-Uc – one of Vietnam’s leading seafood groups, with activities in shrimp hatcheries, fish hatcheries and shrimp farming.

Cargill is currently looking to recruit an aquafeed technology application specialist to lead the development and implementation of new aquafeed products, services and solutions

Skretting Italy can now provide extensive carbon footprint figures for each aquafeed in its nutrition portfolio, allowing producers to take decisive action on sustainability pledges.

The developers of Sweden’s largest land-based salmon farm have signed an agreement with BioMar for to provide feed for their 100,000-tonne facility.

The impact that novel ingredients have on the physical structure of feed pellets is currently the subject of a new research project.

Asia continues to be an attractive market for investments in the aquafeed sector, despite a number of challenges, according to a new report by Rabobank.

Aquafeed manufacturer BioMar increased sales by 9 percent and revenues by 7 percent compared to the second quarter of 2019.

Aller Flow is a new feed designed for Atlantic Salmon raised in recirculated aquaculture systems.

A new line dedicated to RAS and fry aquaculture feed production has been opened by BioMar in Denmark.

A new meta-analysis exploring production data, 10 years of experimental results and scenario modelling suggests that the need to find novel replacements for fish oil in aquafeeds is much more urgent than the need to repl…

New modelling techniques that measure the digestion dynamics of key nutrients can provide a systematic view of fish nutrition that’s applicable to multiple species and, in the process, help to unlock the potential of a r…

A new feed mill jointly owned and operated by BioMar and Tongwei has now begun commercial production of feeds for the aquaculture industry.