Firm’s breakthrough in organic salmon farming

THE commercial production by a Galway company of a new feed ingredient derived from seaweed will enable the production of the world’s first organically raised farmed salmon, it was announced yesterday.

OceanFeed, which replaces the synthetic additives currently used in commercial salmon feed, is being hailed as a major breakthrough in terms of product quality and environmental benefit for the €6 billion farmed salmon industry.

The market in Europe for additives in the salmon feed business is worth €900 million.