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Skretting partners International Fish Feed Company to bolster Oman’s aquafeed market

OMAN -Skretting Middle East and Africa has selected Oman’s International Fish Feed Company (IFFC) as its official distributor in the country, in a strategic move aimed at expanding its presence in Oman’s rapidly growing aquaculture sector.  Skretting, a global leader in aquafeed production, aims to capitalize on IFFC’s regional expertise and strong presence to establish a substantial Skretting business in…

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Ugandan government launches spirulina fish feed to protect silver fish supplies 

UGANDA- The National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) has launched Spirulina, a fish feed ingredient, to reduce the overreliance on silverfish as an ingredient in fish feed production.  More accurately identified as a blue-green cyanobacterium, spirulina powder contains valuable nutritional, medicinal, and color-enhancing compounds of interest to players in the aquaculture industry. According to Dr. Fred Wanda, a senior research…

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BioMar expands marine hatchery trial facilities, plans to launch in September 

DENMARK- Aquafeed producer BioMar Group has announced plans to expand the marine hatchery trial facilities at its Aquaculture Technology Centre (ATC)  in Hirtshals Denmark, with the inauguration of the expanded facility expected to take place in September.  According to the company, the investment will allow for an expansion into a new, larger facility with the capacity to perform trials in…

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Innovasea launches FlowFeeder for sustainable waterborne fish feeding

USA- Boston-based global leader in technologically advanced aquatic solutions, Innovasea, has introduced FlowFeeder, a waterborne feeding solution that gently delivers feed to fish below the surface, minimizing pellet damage and loss.  This kind of damage and loss is common with air-blown feeding systems making for inefficiency in feeding systems in aquaculture. “Air-blown systems are messy and leave behind a lot…

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Alltech and Finnforel to acquire Raisioaqua to enhance sustainable fish production

FINLAND- Kentucky-based Alltech and Finnish Finnforel will acquire the Raisioaqua fish feed production facility from Raisio, a Finnish company, to enhance sustainable fish production.  Raisioaqua is a manufacturer of environmentally friendly feed for aquaculture and specializes in functional feeding solutions suitable for specific farming systems.  In a press release, Dr. Mark Lyons, CEO of Alltech, said that Finnforel and Alltech…

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Nutreco’s subsidiary ,Skretting India, launches a US$20M state-of-the-art shrimp and fish feed facility

INDIA – Skretting, a division of Dutch group Nutreco, has inaugurated a new high-end production facility for shrimp and fish feed in Mangrol, Surat, in a push to support the Indian aquaculture sector and further its presence in Asia. The €‎18.5 million (US$20M), state-of-the-art, production facility is spread over an area of 20,000 sq and has three production lines with…

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