MARKET REPORT 102 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE February 2026 INSIDE THE GLOBAL FISHMEAL AND FISH OIL MARKET: Demand Growth Meets Limited Supply The global fishmeal and fish oil market is expanding under the influence of demand from aquaculture, animal nutrition, and the pet food sectors. Conversely, the supply side is constrained by limited ingredient resources, fishing quotas, climate fluctuations, and sustainability pressures. This imbalance between supply and demand increases price volatility, placing supply chain management, alternative ingredients, and efficiency-oriented solutions at the center of the sector agenda. By Derya Gulsoy Yildiz Today, the global livestock sector is increasingly compelled to adopt a strategic feeding approach due to rising demand for animal protein, cost volatility in feed ingredients, and pressure for sustainability. It is not only the nutrient content of feed ingredients that has become decisive in the sector's decision-making processes, but also supply security, environmental footprint, and global trade dynamics. In this environment, ingredients with high nutrient density and functional benefits lie at the heart of performance and efficiency targets. In this framework, the fishmeal and fish oil market sits at the intersection of animals' biological and physiological nutritional requirements and a global supply structure based on Source: Created by AI
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