September 4, 2019

Aller Aqua enters research cooperation on marine raw materials for fish

Danish fish feed producer Aller Aqua and marine ingredients producer TripleNine have entered a research collaboration to identify components of marine raw materials with particular function to benefit fish health and growth, Aller Aqua announced on August 28.

Feeding trials on selected fish species are going to be conducted at Aller Aqua Research.

Both companies participated in the first SDG Accelerator programme initiated by the United Nations Sustainable Development Partnership (UNSDP). The programme is now running for the second time and continues to focus on developing new business solutions based on the UNSDG. Within the programme, TripleNine took initiative to be active in terms of developing alternative marine raw materials in the aquaculture supply chain and thus positively influence a sustainability agenda, Aller Aqua said.

"Marine raw materials form the basis of many high-quality fish feeds. In this collaboration with marine raw material expert TripleNine, we are aiming to make maximum use of marine raw materials and their functional components for optimising feed performance. Value addition to marine ingredients will also promote the continuous sustainable use of marine resources in fish feed, by making the most out of them," said the R&D director at Aller Aqua, Dr. Hanno Slawski.

"TripleNine fishmeal and fish oil are of highest quality and essential valuable ingredients for the aquafeed producers. We are confident, that newly developed products will help to further improve the performance of aquaculture by increasing fish health and growth," said TripleNine's chief commercial officer, Kenneth Storbank. 

"As the aquaculture sector aims to increase sustainability, we, as marine ingredient developers, need to aid the process by introducing and actively collaborate for testing product improvements and alternatives to the already known products."

Research is the ultimate tool to make continuous advances in the aquaculture value chain, and collaboration to achieve shared goals will accelerate this agenda, Aller Aqua added.

In addition, Aller Aqua Research continuously tests raw materials for efficiency and performance, and the close collaboration with TripleNine will allow the company to evaluate new raw materials before they are launched into the market.

For TripleNine, the possibility of having new products tested commercially with professional partners will provide thorough documentation of the products' effect.

- Aller Aqua