Mari Moren

Together with fellow scientists Mari works with projects on fish nutrition and welfare, R&D licences, and the development of ingredients, as well as their evaluation in fish feeds. She has a PhD in fish nutrition from the University of Bergen and has published 31 peer-reviewed papers. Since she joined Nofima in 2014 she has participated in leadership development courses at AFF and IMD. She takes particular interest in the development sustainable resource use in food production and how research communities can contribute to this.

The Nofima notebook When will we eliminate soy from salmon feeds?

Feed ingredients Alternative proteins Atlantic Salmon

29 July 2021

If soy has such negative impact on the environment, why is it still used in salmon feeds? Many new ingredients are being developed, why don’t we see a bigger change in the feed composition?