Sardines

The latest analysis from the IFFO explores both the supply and demand of marine ingredients for 2022 and early 2023 – finding that fish oil supplies are increasing as fishmeal production is trending lower.

Analysis from Rabobank notes that high prices for competing commodities is supporting prices for fish meal and fish oil – but this support may ease slightly further into 2023.

Small pelagic fish should play a larger role in directly tackling malnutrition and food insecurity in the Global South, rather than being rendered into fishmeal, according to a new study.

Trends in the fishmeal and fish oil markets in China, Peru, Mexico and Europe were explored in a webinar held by IFFO this week.

Aquaculture’s growth rate peaked in 1996, and now it’s in decline, according to a newly published paper by researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC).

A French startup has started producing a novel material – Scalite – that’s made entirely from farmed tilapia scales and can be used as an attractive and environmentally sustainable alternative to wood and plastic.

Data released from the IFFO from January to March 2022 shows lower year-on-year use of fishmeal and fish oil and reviews the start of China's aquaculture cycle.

Directly eating small pelagic fish rather turning them into aquafeed for farmed salmon could prevent the harvest of nearly 4 million tonnes of fish, while simultaneously providing an extra 6 million tonnes of seafood.

Eco Clean Team is repurposing fish oils and processing them into surfactants, a key component in detergents and other cleaning products.

The IFFO's latest analysis on marine ingredients shows that total cumulative production of fishmeal and fish oil from January to November 2021 is up 6 percent year-on-year.

Updated sustainability metrics from the IFFO, the marine ingredients organisation, shows that the use of fish meal and fish oil is being optimised and being used at key points in aquaculture production cycles.

According to the latest data from IFFO, the marine ingredients organisation, cumulative fish meal production for 2021 has increased by 5 percent, while cumulative fish oil production is up by 8 percent compared to 2020.

Petter M Johannessen, director general of the IFFO, believes that marine ingredients play a crucial role in developing aquafeeds with a low carbon footprint.

“Aquatic foods, which include plants, animals, and microorganisms, are the closest thing we have to a ‘nature-based solution’ to the complex challenges of transforming our current food system to one that is healthier, mo…

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and IFFO have launched a new Global Roundtable to improve and increase the availability of sustainable marine ingredients and will begin its initial work in West Africa.

Recent reporting from the Marine Ingredient Organisation (IFFO) shows that cumulative production of fishmeal increased by 6.5 percent while fish oil production increased by 12 percent when compared to the same period in …

A panel of leading policymakers and researchers has emphasised the value of diverse aquatic foods as key components of sustainable healthy diets and as drivers of food security in the Global South.

A Chinese-owned fishmeal factory in The Gambia has been torched by youths, who are becoming increasingly disaffected by a raft of problems associated with the fishmeal industry in the West African country.

Reduction fisheries from Mauritania and India have become the first from Africa and Asia respectively to join the IFFO RS Improver Programme.

The Portuguese government has backed plans to establish a sardine aquaculture industry, following the collapse of the sardine fishery in the Bay of Biscay.