Aquafeed Summit

Presenting companies: ASC | MSC | Corbion | Cargill | Mowi

Aquafeed Summit: Resilient Feed Strategies for Sustainable Salmon and Profitable Business

Introduction:

The sustainability of the aquaculture industry is vital to meet the growing global demand for seafood while minimizing environmental impacts. As major players, salmon producers hold a critical role in driving sustainable practices, due to the industry’s significant reliance on feed resources, water, and marine ecosystem health. Sustainable approaches, such as efficient feed management, reduced waste, and innovations in feed ingredients, are essential for maintaining biodiversity, lowering carbon footprints, and ensuring long-term economic viability. By prioritizing sustainability, salmon producers can secure both their industry’s future and global food security, delivering all-time favorite food to consumers, as salmon.
Feed is a cornerstone of salmon farming success, directly impacting fish growth, health, and overall farm productivity. High-quality, nutrient-optimized feed improves feed conversion ratios, enhancing efficiency and reducing waste. Health-focused feeds, fortified with functional ingredients, bolster fish immunity, lowering disease risks and mortality. Sustainable feed practices also reduce reliance on volatile resources like fishmeal and fish oil, providing stability in cost and supply chains. By adopting innovative feed strategies and partnering with feed manufactures, salmon farmers can enhance resilience, ensuring long-term profitability and sustainability for the industry.

Resilient Feed Strategies for Sustainable Salmon and Profitable Business:

The need for a holistic approach to responsible feed

Feed consists of many ingredients all with their own sustainability challenges. And we all know responsible aquaculture requires responsible feed. An important challenge for addressing sustainability in feed is driving transparency and traceability in supply chains for the wide variety of ingredients being used. ASC feed certification provides feed companies with a tool to systematically approach and evidence the use of low-risk ingredients and to work towards deforestation free ingredients as well as improving fisheries.

Esther Luiten
Program Delivery Director - ASC

Sustainable raw materials from wild capture fisheries

Availability of feed ingredients from marine captured fisheries (meal and oil) and what portion is MSC certified, i.e. availability of sustainable marine raw material and that then as % of the total requirement of raw material

Speaker TBA
MSC

State of ingredient/raw material innovation

Reducing dependence on marine resources while improving nutritional quality and sustainability.

Tim Rutten
VP Nutrition and Pharma - Corbion

Raw material resilience

Strategies that reduce dependence on single sourcing markets and limited resources against price volatility and environmental challenges, ensuring long-term sustainability and profitability.

Brad Rude
Vice President - Cargill

Brad Rude is a Vice President of Cargill’s Animal Nutrition and Health Enterprise (ANH) and leader of global sourcing, risk management and feed formulation for all aquaculture, pet, livestock and premix. With more than 18,000 employees in 35 countries, ANH is the largest feed and nutrition supplier in the world. Brad has been with Cargill for 19 years and has a broad range of experiences, from commodity trading, supply chains and feed production to sustainability. Brad currently resides in Minneapolis, MN, USA – the home of Cargill’s headquarters – but has been involved in aquaculture since Cargill’s acquisition of EWOS in 2016. Brad has an MBA from The Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Health-focused feeds

Feed fortified with immunostimulants, prebiotics, and functional ingredients that enhance fish health, lowering mortality rates.

Speaker TBA

Efficiency through precision

Use of AI and data analytics in feed management to optimize feeding patterns, monitor fish health in real-time, and reduce waste. Efficient feed conversion ratios (FCR) also lead to lower costs and higher yields.

Caterina Martins
Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer - Mowi

Title TBA

Vegard Denstadli
Technical Director - BioMar

Long-Term Business Health:

Resilient feed strategies are more cost-effective in the long run by lowering input volatility and environmental risks.
Salmon producers benefit from healthier fish, more predictable outcomes, and access to premium markets that value sustainability and transparency.
Collaboration with feed companies to develop customized solutions that meet specific farm needs, such as local ingredient sourcing, ensures resilience against global market disruptions.
Sustainable practices reduce the environmental footprint of salmon farming, opening the door to new certification and premium product labeling.
Resilient feed strategies build trust with consumers and partners, boosting business reputation and long-term market access.

Conclusion:

The future of salmon production depends on feed solutions that ensure both economic and environmental resilience.
Now is the time to invest in research, partnerships, and technologies that will foster innovation and healthier business outcomes for producers.