Amersfoort – Nutreco is proud to be one of four key investors in recirculating aquaculture systems company, West Coast Salmon.
West Coast Salmon aims to build a best-in-class RAS facility for Atlantic salmon farming in Nevada, serving the attractive US West Coast market. The investment underlines Nutreco’s ongoing commitment to Feeding the Future; our company’s mission to contribute to producing enough nutritious and high-quality food for a growing population in a sustainable way.
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council, the international farmed seafood certification programme and ecolabel, has appointed Willem de Bruijn as the new Senior Director of Markets and Communications. De Bruijn will provide leadership and direction to the activities of ASC’s newly restructured Marketing and Communications, Market Development and Market Research and Insight departments. …
As demand for sustainable protein rises, aquaculture, which is one of the most sustainable forms of protein production today, has become the fastest growing food production sector globally – producing half of the seafood consumed worldwide. But inefficient federal permitting processes and a lack of regulatory certainty in the U.S. has hindered growth of America’s aquaculture industry. As a result, the U.S. ranks only 17th in aquaculture production with the U.S. aquaculture market valued at $1.5 billion – only 0.6% of the $263 billion global aquaculture market. The U.S. imports up to 80% of its seafood – mainly from Asia and Europe. …
Highlights from the fourth quarter of 2020 include exceptional biological performance of the fish, getting a second production cycle underway with the transfer of a new batch of fry to growth facilities, equipment and feeding barges ordered in support of ongoing production, and management changes that put the company on the road to achieving new milestones. …
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