Posts Tagged ‘BioMar’
BioMar has China in their hands
The BioMar-Tongwei Joint Venture partnership has now begun commercial production of aqua feeds in their new factory based in Wuxi, China. The new facility has already proven to deliver high and consistent quality making it possible to transfer production of high-end aqua feeds for China that were previously produced in Denmark. The green field factory…
Read MoreBioMar starts production at Tasmanian feed facility
BioMar Australia have commenced aqua-feed production at their state-of-the-art 40 million euro facility in Tasmania, Australia, which is welcome news for the local aquaculture industry at a time when many businesses are facing COVID-19 operating restrictions. In a virtual media conference to comply with social distancing requirements, Minster for Primary Industries and Water Guy Barnett…
Read MoreResearchers address global gill health challenge
RESEARCH that will address global gill health issues in farmed salmon is being undertaken on sites in Scotland and Tasmania, Australia. The project aims to improve the monitoring and treatment of gill disease, which is one of the aquaculture sector’s biggest challenges. A Scottish consortium – which comprises Scottish Sea Farms, the University of Aberdeen,…
Read MoreBroader customer base boosts BioMar results
FEED giant BioMar has reported record revenue and earnings for 2019, despite competitiveness in the salmon feed market. The Danish company said its best ever results showed EBITDA increasing by 15 per cent compared to 2018, from 713 million Danish kroner (£82 million) to DKK 966 million (£112.3 million). At the same time, revenue increased…
Read MoreOral sea lice vaccine feeds hope
AN oral vaccine for sea lice is being developed by a team of Scottish and international aquaculture experts. The aim of the project is to produce a vaccine that can be delivered through feed, following recent advances in the understanding of fish immune systems. With funding provided through the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), partners…
Read More\’More questions than answers\’ in gender debate
THERE is no wilful exclusion of women from aquaculture roles, but there is a generational issue of men avoiding the ‘difficulty of having a more diverse workplace’. This was the view of Lara Barazi, CEO of Kephalonian Fisheries in Greece, one of six panellists (three women and three men) at a Women in Aquaculture seminar…
Read More\’More questions than answers\’ in gender debate
THERE is no wilful exclusion of women from aquaculture roles, but there is a generational issue of men avoiding the ‘difficulty of having a more diverse workplace’. This was the view of Lara Barazi, CEO of Kephalonian Fisheries in Greece, one of six panellists (three women and three men) at a Women in Aquaculture seminar…
Read MoreBioMar boosts ‘natural’ diet with insect meal
A FRENCH trout producer has teamed up with feed giant BioMar to bring fish fed with insects to the market. Rainbow trout farmer Aquadis Naturellement said the feed, called Salvea, has resulted in a fish in/fish out (FIFO) ratio as low as 0.3, making it very sustainable. BioMar announced this week that the first feed…
Read MoreSalmon farmer invests £750,000 in gill health
SCOTTISH Sea Farms is to lead a research project focused on increasing understanding of gill health in farmed salmon. The £601,000 study – of which Scottish Sea Farms will fund 62 per cent – will be the salmon farmer’s second such collaboration with academics at the University of Aberdeen, feed specialists BioMar and the Scottish…
Read MoreDanes feed greener growth in China
BIOMAR has sealed a deal with the largest trout farmer in China to supply a diet with almost half the environmental impact of local Chinese feed. A delegation from China, led by Yan Jinhai, the vice governor of the Peoples Government of Qinghai Province, was in BioMar’s production facilities in Brande, Denmark, to witness the…
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