Market pressure is needed to keep advancing shrimp feed sustainability

This following guest opinion column was written by Petter Martin Johannessen, director general of IFFO – The Marine Ingredients Organisation and send exclusively to IntraFish for publication.

Volatile market conditions were on every attendee’s mind at this year’s Global Shrimp Forum.

Between 2017 and 2021, the crustacean farming sector has increased its fishmeal consumption by 250,000 metric tons.

Feed ingredients represent a significant portion of the costs borne by farmed shrimp producers, both financial and environmental. The marine ingredients sector is no stranger to the shrimp farming industry although the main ingredients used there are terrestrial crops.