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Welcome to the website of EUfishmeal.
We represent the voice of European fishmeal and fish oil producers in Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway and United Kingdom.
We provide the input for a growing global aquaculture sector and help feed the world healthy fish products.
With members from all major fishmeal and fish oil producing countries of the European continent, EUfishmeal represent:
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Latest News
EUfishmeal backs IFFO's response to the F3 Challenge Read the response from IFFO to the Fish-Free Feed Challenge. EUfishmeal supports the views of IFFO. EUfishmeal was happy to be invited to present the industry´s views in the 2nd Submariner Conference ”Better off blue” in Berlin.The session ”Changing markets for Marine Protein sources in feed” gave some interesting views on the current and expected market of marine raw material. Recap of the EUfishmeal bi-annual conference, Ireland With participants from Denmark, Norway, UK, Ireland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Germany and Sweden, the whole European fishmeal and fish oil industry was attending this year´s conference. It was four days full of interesting presentations, discussions, networking and exploring both Dublin and the Irish countryside. Responsibility paper now online Fishmeal and fish oil are responsible marine ingredients based on certified sustainable fisheries. That is a message we want to communicate to the public and our responsibility is a tool to do so. With more than 110 participants from 10 european countries this years conference in Ireland is the biggest to date. 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. Farmed salmon need marine omega 3 A new study shows that marine omega 3 fatty acids are necessary in feed to protect the good health of the farmed salmon.Ray Hilborn study disputes previous findings on forage fish A new study has been published today by a scientific group led by University of Washington fisheries researcher Ray Hilborn that disputes previous findings on the impact of human and natural predation on forage fish such as anchovies, sardines and herring. EUfishmeal was invited to participate in a panel debate discussing the posssible use of discardfish in the fishmeal and fish oil industry. Climate Change & Pelagic Fisheries A new report from the Pelagic Advisory Council: “The climate of our planet is changing and it affects the marine environment" How low should we go with marine ingredients? "From a nutritional standpoint, fishmeal is the preferred animal protein supplement" Forage Fish Dependency RatioAs long as fishmeal and fish oil are produced from well managed fisheries, or from byproduct from fish from well managed fisheries, then their use in aquafeeds is valid. Seafish report: Fact and figures fishmeal and fishoil
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