FIFO figures below 1 for salmonids in 2015

IFFO, The Marine Ingredients Organisation, has calculated new Fish In: Fish Out ratios (FIFO) for 2015 and for the first time FIFO figures for salmonids are below 1. Calculated with FAO data, Fish In: Fish Out ratios (FIFO) have been used by as a way of reviewing the consumption of wild fish by the sector since the 1990s.  Salmonids have drawn attention on this subject in the past, and have been criticised previously for their use of fishmeal and fish oil.  In 2015 the sector produced…

Are alternatives to fish oil really more sustainable?

A recent event which claimed that a new alternative source of omega-3s in aquafeeds is more sustainable than fish oil was “misleading”, according to Neil Auchterlonie, Technical Director of IFFO. The global annual supply of fish oil, at c.1 million tonnes or a little under, is not enough to meet the demand of the growing aquaculture industry. That much is clear. IFFO acknowledges the importance of alternative ingredients for both fishmeal and fish oil in support of aquaculture,…

Det går godt i dansk fiskeri – TV Avisen

Dansk fiskeri er på vej mod et rekordår hvad fangstmængder angår. Fiskeriet efter proteinfisk, herunder især tobisfiskeriet bidrager meget positivt til de store fangstmængder. TV Avisen havde indslag om dansk fiskeri den 6. juni 2017.…

Optimal udnyttelse af havets ressourcer – Folketingspolitikere i Skagen

Søndag aften og mandag formiddag (15.-16./1 2017) havde Marine Ingredients Denmark, DPPO, DSA og Danske Havne inviteret 8 udvalgte politikere til Skagen, for at blive…

Mapping the future of marine ingredients

To read the article in the Eurofish Magazine 6 2016 click here. The fishmeal and fish oil industry must juggle several different factors, including environmental, biological, commercial, and legal, in order to thrive. While the aquaculture sector, the biggest user of fishmeal and fish oil, is growing the proportion of marine ingredients in fish feed is falling. On the other hand more lucrative uses are being found for the raw material that is used for the production of fishmeal…

Fastsættelse af fiskerimulighederne for 2017

EU’s fiskeriministre er efter forhandlingerne ved Rådsmødet for Landbrug og Fiskeri den 12. og 13. december nået til enighed om kvoterne for 2017. Marine Ingredients Denmark er tilfredse med kvoterne, som tyder på et fornuftigt år for det pelagiske fiskeri. Dog afventes kvoterne for brisling og tobis i kalenderåret 2017 fortsat. Vi forventer en stigning i brislinge-kvoten, når den nye ICES-rådgivning kommer til foråret. Tobiskvoten fastsættes i begyndelsen af…