The Minister of Fisheries and Seafood in Norway, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, cut the ribbon when the Aquafeed Technology Centre was opened on Wednesday last week in the Norwegian city of Bergen. Researchers and the industry will now work together towards a more environmentally friendly fish feed. More than 70 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions…
By Mari Moren, Nofima If soy has such negative impact on the environment, why is it still used in salmon feeds? Many new ingredients are being developed, why don’t we see a bigger change in the feed composition? Many of you may have wondered about such questions. I know I have. And it should be…
In the search for new, sustainable fish feed ingredients, researchers are working to see if the ingredients can be used in feed technically. By Reidun Lilleholt Kraugerud, Nofima Tor Andreas Samuelsen and colleagues at Nofima in Bergen have a number of advanced techniques in store. Samuelsen says it is underestimated how important it is that…
On Tuesday 22 November, Minister of Trade Monica Mæland officially opened the University of Bergen’s new pilot project plant for growing of micro algae at the Technology Centre Mongstad, north of Bergen. The goal is to develop micro algae to use as feed in the aquaculture industry. By Anders Kjetland, University Museum of Bergen See…
Through a joint venture with Innovation Norway and Urchinomics, Nofima’s sea urchin feed is going to be tested in Canada. On Thursday an agreement was signed with the Ekuanitshit First Nation community in St. John’s. Earlier this year Nofima and the investment company Kaston signed an agreement on the production of feed under licence in…
The Aquafeed Technology Centre has been awarded NOK 30 million (3.7 mill. USD) by the Research Council of Norway, for research into fish feed. The centre will contribute to knowledge about how raw materials in the fish feed of the future can be used in the best possible way during preprocessing. The Aquafeed Technology Centre…