A consortium of UK scientists and industry partners has been awarded co-funding of almost £1.3 million from the Technology Strategy Board for a research project that could provide major benefits to the salmon industry in the UK and Ireland and improve sustainability of terrestrial farming. The four - year project led by EWOS, involves five other industrial partners: BioMar Ltd, WN Lindsay, Limagrain, Marine Harvest (Scotland) Ltd and Harbro Ltd, along with five academic partners: The Universities of Stirling, Aberdeen and St. Andrews, The James Hutton Institute and the Scottish Agricultural College.

EWOS are delighted to announce the opening of a new storage facility recently in Mallaig. The new feed storage facility was built as a collaborative project with Mallaig Harbour Authority with significant financial support from Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

EWOS were happy to provide some sponsorship to the Lochgilphead Boys U16 team recently, supporting the purchase of some new team tracksuits.

Glenelg AFC received a monetary donation from EWOS in the final minutes of their 2010 season. The team, which plays out of Glenelg village on the West coast of Scotland and whose season runs from Spring to Autumn, will use the contribution towards new equipment and an upgrade of the playing surface, as well as spectator shelter (a prerequisite for highland fixtures!).

EWOS issues a new edition of Spotlight dedicated to the challenges meeting customers’ demand for cost efficient fish feeds, with a lower proportion of the marine raw ingredients that have traditionally been used to ensure high performance. Intensive fish farming relies upon fishmeal and fish oil, but the supply of these ingredients is static or declining. This means that our reliance on marine resources in fish feed must be reduced, and that future increases in salmon and trout production must be matched by a decrease in the use of fishmeal and oil.

EWOS recently played host to Masters degree students from the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling. The diverse group of 32 students from 22 different countries spent the morning touring the factory and were given an overview of feed production technologies and some commercial insight into the local and global feed industry.

EWOS were proud to sponsor the Marine Conservation Society’s “Fishing the Feed of the Future – Alternative Choices for Aquafeeds” event held in Edinburgh this week. The event brought together many key stakeholders including retailers, trout and salmon producers and feed companies to discuss the critical issues in adopting more sustainable aquafeeds for the aquaculture industry in the U.K. In a context of increasing demand for the global fishmeal and fish oil resource, the event generated significant discussion amongst key stakeholders about the use of alternative feed ingredients to improve sustainability of salmonid diets.

EWOS Scotland is delighted to announce the sale of their one millionth tonne of feed recently. Produced at the EWOS factory in Westfield, the milestone has been reached since production began in June 1982!

EWOS Scotland are the first UK feed company who have brought the option of utilising Panaferd Ax to their customers. Panaferd Ax is the latest offering in natural pigmentation of salmonids, producing naturally pigmented fish at a competitive cost.

EWOS’ feed ship, the MV Fame celebrated her 200th feed delivery recently. The Faroese ship, crewed by captain Leif Torensen and his staff made the voyage leaving Ayr docks, delivering to Lighthouse Caledonia’s sites on Loch Fyne before heading north.

This edition of EWOS Spotlight looks at the varied issues surrounding the environmental sustainability of marine ingredients used to make salmon feed and illustrates how EWOS is working through an active research and management agenda to further secure the sustainability of its products at all levels. EWOS Spotlight is an occasional, international publication from EWOS that discusses topical issues relating to fish feed.

EWOS Spotlight is an occasional, international publication from EWOS that discusses topical issues relating to fish feed in some depth. In this edition, the SpotLight is put on feed as a tool in the management of sea lice. Good control of sea lice is critical to the future sustainability of the salmon farming industry and EWOS has an active programme to secure access to in-feed anti-sea lice treatments and supportive compounds (such as EWOS boost) for the salmon farming industry.