The recent acquisition of specialist aquaculture feed company Coppens by large US agri-business Alltech represents another step into the European aquaculture market by the latter.

And there are more to come, according to Patrick Charlton, Alltech veteran and newly appointed CEO of Coppens, who says Alltech is putting a "highly focused" amount of effort into its aquaculture division.

“We see [aquaculture] as an area that will benefit probably the most from technological developments,” he told IntraFish.

Whether that is through replacement of marine ingredients or producing the tech to farm new species, “all of the numbers are supporting the idea that this is an area Alltech should be involved in.”

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