| Advances in feed formulations and production technology contribute significantly to progress in aquaculture. For example, at one time 3 kg of feed was needed to grow 1 kg of salmon. Today the ratio is around 1:1 and that kilo of feed need contain only 150 g of fishmeal, enabling salmon and trout farmers to produce more fish protein than they use in the feed.
Read more | 24.08.2010 |
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| In July and August WWF published draft standards aimed at minimising the potential negative impacts of freshwater trout and salmon aquaculture.
Read more | 10.08.2010 |
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| Processing developments at the hatchery feed plant of Skretting have enabled it to upgrade its Gemma Diamond feed by producing highly uniform micro pellets.
Read more | 02.08.2010 |
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| At the end of May Skretting Chile employees completed the construction of 30 basic houses in Arauco, 600 km north of Puerto Montt. Funds came from the US$ 75,000 donated by Skretting employees and Skretting Group Management in March to help earthquake victims.
Read more | 15.07.2010 |
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| Claiming to feed over 50 species of aquaculture fish means Skretting has some less usual species on its list. Among the more interesting are wrasse and besugo or blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo), both benefiting from European funding.
Read more | 02.07.2010 |
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| On July 1 Nutreco announced that it has acquired 100% of the shares in Tomboy Aquafeed JSC in Vietnam, a reputable and profitable Vietnamese fish and shrimp feed company. The company will now be part of the Skretting Group.
Read more | 02.07.2010 |
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| This spring Skretting in Japan introduced a feed for yellowtail with the lowest fishmeal content to be offered in that market.
Read more | 23.06.2010 |
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| Companies and research teams around the world are near to breeding and rearing bluefin tuna in captivity. Skretting ARC and Skretting have succeeded in developing a feed concept for this much sought after giant fish.
Read more | 17.06.2010 |
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| Expert professor judges aquaculture the winning food producer, and a new net cleaning device wins the AquaVision Innovation Award on the last day of the AquaVision conference in Stavanger, Norway.
Read more | 10.06.2010 |
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| Aquaculture needs to invest more in its reputation. That was the conclusion of an instant poll during the aquaculture conference AquaVision in Stavanger, Norway, on Tuesday 8 June. Voting in the audience were the top leaders of the world’s main fish farming companies and aquaculture stakeholders.
Read more | 09.06.2010 |
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