Nutreco CEO Knut Nesse told a packed house at last week's IntraFish Seafood Investor Forum in New York City that it would continue to put focus on "new" species for the feed giant such as shrimp, while retaining its core base on salmonid species -- just one part of the company's ambitious plan to keep its pole position in the fish feed sector.

The company posted €414.5 million ($565 million) in sales in its fish feed division in the first quarter -- only €24 million ($32.7