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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Chinese aquaculture sector's fishmeal use this year more than volume in 2024
Fishmeal use by the Chinese aquaculture sector in 2025 exceeded last year's levels despite a slowdown in domestic production, according to a report by marine ingredients organisation, the IFFO.
Monday, September 22, 2025
Methanotroph Bacterial Protein emerges as a sustainable alternative to fishmeal in shrimp farming
A groundbreaking nutritional study has demonstrated that bacterial single-cell protein (BSCP), derived from methane-oxidizing bacteria, offers a sustainable and functional alternative to fishmeal in shrimp aquaculture.
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
IFFO summit in Guangdong, China, focuses on global fishmeal and fish oil markets
IFFO's 8th China Summit, held on June 19-20 in Foshan, Guangdong, China, drew 148 delegates from 18 countries for two days of discussion on global fishmeal and fish oil markets, with a strong focus on Asian production, trade flows, and sust ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
India's MPEDA acts against unsustainable fishmeal processor in Karnataka
India's Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has cancelled the certificate of registration for a fishmeal processor in Karnataka, southwest of the country, citing unsustainable and illegal export practices, The Hindu reporte ...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Australia's aquaculture sector looks to shift away from using fishmeal
Australia's growing aquaculture industry is trying to end its reliance on fishmeal in order to become more sustainable.
Friday, August 26, 2022
Prudent use of fishmeal, fish oil could determine future expansion of salmon production, study states
A new study outlines how reducing the amount of marine-derived natural resources, such as fishmeal and fish oil, in the diet of farmed Atlantic salmon will allow the sector to keep growing into the next century.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
China Fishmeal Weekly: Market stays stable amid cautious mood (week ended Apr 17, 2020)
Demand for fishmeal was stable but aqua feed producers stayed prudent with purchases. Traders held prices unchanged while the import costs of Peruvian fishmeal softened of late.
Monday, November 18, 2019
China Fishmeal Weekly: Falling cots, lacklustre demand weaken prices (week ended Nov 15, 2019)
As Peruvian fishmeal prices slid lately, Chinese traders cut prices amid dwindling sales. Although port inventories of fishmeal shrank 1.4% to 185,800 tonnes, traders were eager to clear stocks in view of diminishing demand due to the immin ...
Monday, October 14, 2019
Alternative wood-based ingredient for salmon feed can replace fishmeal, says US biotech firm
Arbiom, a US-based agricultural-biotechnology company which develops solutions to convert wood into food, has announced the success of a recent scientific study evaluating SylPro®, its alternative protein ingredient for juvenile Atlant ...
Monday, April 29, 2019
FMFO industry defends harvesting of fish from the wild for fishmeal
The international fishmeal and fish-oil industry recently issued a response to the report "Until the seas run dry: How industrial aquaculture is plundering the ocean" by the Changing Markets Foundation.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Towards sustainable aquafeeds: Evaluating substitution of fishmeal with lipid-extracted microalgal co-product (Nannochloropsis oculata) in diets of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Microalgae companies increasingly seek markets for defatted biomass that is left over after extracting omega-3 rich oil for human nutraceuticals and crude oil for fuels. Such a protein-rich co-product is a promising alternative to unsustain ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
China Fishmeal Weekly: Robust demand lifts prices (ended Sep 21, 2017)
Sales of fishmeal were strong as Feed producers stocked inventories before the long October holidays. Port inventories diminished 1,000 tonnes to 152,000 tonnes, pushing prices up by RMB100-200/tonne.
Monday, August 13, 2018
China Fishmeal Weekly: Cautious mood limits sales, holds down prices (ended Aug 10, 2017)
Although the import costs of fishmeal remained high due to a weakening renminbi, traders were unable to lift prices while demand stayed soft despite peaking aqua feed production. Port inventories expanded to 140,000 tonnes, higher u 6% over ...
Monday, June 4, 2018
China Fishmeal Weekly: Prices stay stable, buyers remain cautious (week ended Jun 1, 2017)
Demand for fishmeal strengthened in southern parts of China as aquaculture farms stocked depleting inventories. This helped to clear fishmeal stocks, lowering port inventories modestly to 131,000 tonnes.
Monday, May 7, 2018
China Fishmeal Weekly: Lacklustre demand weakens prices (week ended May 4, 2017)
Port inventories of fishmeal continued to rise, reaching 116,000 tonnes. Traders negotiated prices further as sales were slow due to the May Day holidays. However, aqua feed producers were not eager to stockpile fishmeal inventories with su ...

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