Send off for William

By Jenny Hjul | August 7, 2019

THE funeral service for William Dowds, who passed away on August 3, is to be held at Kirkcaldy Crematorium on Friday, August 16, at 12.45pm. William, who was 52, was Fish Farmer’s commercial manager for many years and a familiar and popular figure throughout the aquaculture industry. His legion of friends, in Scotland and beyond,…

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Prime algae oil in shrimp feed trial

By Jenny Hjul | June 14, 2019

AN alternative feed ingredient containing algal oil has been fed to shrimp in a successful trial, conducted by Thai Union. The company, which also recently trialled the alternative Feedkind protein at one of its shrimp farms, has a goal to bring more responsibly sourced and sustainably harvested shrimp to market. In the latest project, shrimp…

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Salmon farmers adopt ‘trusted’ algae feed

By Jenny Hjul | March 6, 2019

MORE than 350,000 tonnes of aquafeed containing an algae based protein source have been sold to salmon farmers over the past two years, the North Atlantic Seafood Forum in Bergen was told yesterday. AlgaPrime DHA, made by Netherlands company Corbion, is being sold to Norwegian salmon farmers in feeds formulated by BioMar. Developed to reduce…

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