NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE October 2025 91 While in 2024, the first anchovy fishing season in Peru’s North-Centre region ended around 19 June, fishing activity this year continued into late July 2025, according to the statement of IFFO – The Marine Ingredients Organisation. With Peru accounting for around 20% of global fishmeal and fish oil production in an average year, its fishing timeline has had an impact on production volumes and market trends globally. By July 2025, according to IFFO’s market intelligence reports*, total cumulative fishmeal production had risen by approximately 8% compared to the same period in 2024. This increase was mainly driven by higher output in most regions, except for Northern Europe. Similarly, cumulative fish oil output through July 2025 showed a year-on-year increase by around 5%. Most countries recorded positive trends compared to January–July 2024, with the exception of Spain, the Iceland/North Atlantic and Peru. “Global fishmeal and fish oil production is consistent with IFFO’s 2025 estimates at 5.6 million tons of fishmeal and 1.2-1.3 million tons of fish oil” Dr. Enrico Bachis, IFFO’s Market Research Director, has commented. Read more>> IFFO: Global fishmeal and fish oil production well on track Photo: Freepik A new peer-reviewed paper, published in Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, offers a deep analysis of how circular principles can be applied to ingredient selection for aquafeed formulation. The study, led by Dr. Brett Glencross, IFFO - the Marine Ingredients Organisation’s Technical Director, along a team of seven renowned scientists and industry representatives, highlights the need for a more comprehensive and holistic approach to sustainable feed and food production. The paper, titled “Toward Applying a Circularity Framework Against the Use of Aquaculture Feed Ingredients”, builds on the European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC)’s circularity framework, structured around four key pillars: • Minimising the use of foodgrade resources as feed, • Reducing reliance on land use, • Maximising the use of locally sourced ingredients, • Optimising the nutritional characteristics of feed ingredients, • Lifecycle assessment methodologies: Comparing apples with apples. Dr. Glencross commented, “One of the key drivers of circularity is the need to improve sustainability of feed ingredient use. This review demonstrates that a more comprehensive approach to sustainable feed and food production is possible, particularly through life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies. By applying a common, agreed set of rules, we can ensure that environmental burdens are not simply transferred from one product to another.” LCA data shows that marine ingredients have a lower carbon footprint than many other ingredients, and reducing their inclusion increases the carbon footprint of aquafeeds. Read more>> New study highlights circularity in aquafeed formulation Photo: subperjab | Shutterstock
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