- Jim-Roger Nordly emphasized the importance of tailored nutrition for salmon to improve growth and health.
- He criticized current regulations and suggested they should be based on site capacity, not license numbers.
- Nordly proposed using byproducts from chicken production and biofuel corn as alternative feed sources for salmon.
Swiss-based entrepreneur and investor Jim-Roger Nordly, best known for founding fish health company Stim, says fish farmers are missing the biggest lever for growth in salmon aquaculture: nutrition.
Speaking at Norwegian aquaculture conference Aqua Nor in Trondheim last week, the Polarfeed feed mill owner warned that while feed represents half of production costs, farmers have largely left responsibility for nutrition to feed companies — a mistake he says is costing the industry growth, profitability and fish health.
