Fishmeal Production: Is the Era of Alternatives Finally Here?
by Asief Aliyar, International Aquafeed and Fish Farming Technology
Global fishmeal production fell 28 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, according to the latest data from IFFO – The Marine Ingredients Organisation. March...
Reducing Fishmeal Without Compromise, Supporting growth and feed efficiency in Atlantic salmon
by Liang Liu, Global Project Manager, Kemin AquaScience, Belgium and Rahul Mathew, Scientist, Kemin AquaScience, India
The rapid expansion of global aquaculture has increased demand for high‑quality feed ingredients, especially marine proteins. Yet fishmeal output...
Mycotoxins: A Growing Aquaculture Risk
by Priyal Shah, International Aquafeed and Fish Farming Technology
As aquaculture continues its global expansion, the industry is facing increasing pressure from volatile raw material markets, sustainability demands and changing feed formulations. According to Dr...
Unlocking the Value of Sustainability, Credible Footprinting Transforming Aquaculture
This article is based on a presentation by Dr David Nickell during the Aqua Partner Days 2026 at dsm-firmenich's Village-Neuf facility, France.
Sustainability is no longer just about ambition or compliance. For the aquaculture industry, it is becoming a business-critical issue...
Growth vs Immunity, Finding the Right Balance in Salmon Feeds
By Camille Houdelet and Eric Leclercq, Lallemand Animal Nutrition, France; Mark Rawling, Plymouth University, UK; and Angela Liu and Van Pham Thi Ha To, Onda, Canada
As global salmon aquaculture continues to expand and intensify, fish are increasingly at...
A Natural Route to Resilient Aquaculture
by Priyal Shah, International Aquafeed and Fish Farming Technology
As global aquaculture continues to expand, producers are under increasing pressure to improve productivity while reducing reliance on antibiotics and chemical treatments. Disease outbreaks, environmental stress and changing...
From Language Models to World Models, Fish Farming and the Shift in AI
by Tony Chen, CEO, Manolin, USA
So far, large AI systems like GPT, Gemini and Claude have largely been trained on text, images and other internet-scale information. That’s why they can summarise documents, write reasonably well, answer questions and identify objects inside images. What they can do today already seems almost...
Seeing the Whole Cage, AI and 3D Sonar Reduce Feed Waste
by Peter Skaugvold, CEO, Waive AS, Norway
Inside OptiFe3D: a recently completed Norwegian R&D programme that turned what happens inside the cage into a foundation for real-time feeding decisions.
Atlantic salmon is one of the most efficient...
Novel Vegetable Protein Concentrates, Evaluation in Rainbow Trout Nutrition
By Frédérique Auger, Formulator and Assistant Division Manager, and Stéphane Frouel, Aquaculture Project Manager, MiXscience, France
Frédérique Auger and Stéphane Frouel evaluate new protein sources from vegetables in feed formulation of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
The aquafeed industry stands at a crossroads, facing the dual challenge of supporting...
From Flow-Through to Full Control , RAS Technology Transforming Mediterranean Hatcheries
by Marco G Pistrin, Director, AquaOrganica SRL, Italy
For four decades, Mediterranean aquaculture built one of the world’s most competitive finfish industries on a foundation it never questioned: open seawater flowing in, flowing out, carrying whatever the...
