Sustainable Marine Sourcing

In association with the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, and the Department of Fisheries Western Australia, Cognis Australia (Tullamarine, Victoria) has announced the opening of a new facility for sustainable production of artemia (brine shrimp).

Artemia are a critical food source for fish and prawn aquaculture, and the new project, which has been jointly funded by all three groups, will provide a sustainable source of carotenoid-rich artemia to the aquaculture market, under the trade name Nutremia.

Cognis indicates that its new facility, which is a closed production system, will significantly reduce bio-security concerns, such as the threat of natural waterborne pathogens.


In other sustainability news, EPAX-AS (Aalesund, Norway) has announced the launch of its new Ecovision website, which intends to better communicate the company...s sustainability, traceability, and accountability efforts in marine oil production.

EPAX-AS harvests its fish in Peru with finished ingredient omega-3 manufacturing completed Norway. The full business operation was granted Friends of the Sea certification, last fall.