Nutreco see's revenues jump by 14.3 percent

The Dutch animal nutrition and fish feed company Nutreco saw their overall profits in 2011 jump by 14.3 percent. Nutreco enjoyed revenues of €2.6 billion (US$3.707 billion). CEO Wout Dekker stressed "that growth is clearly back in salmon farming and Chile is seeing a strong recovery from the ISA virus while Norway continues to have a good performance".

"Fish feed is delivering excellent results. Skretting Chile will reopen its Pargua fish feed plant in September 2011 to meet the growing demand,” Dekker said. He explained that Nutreco is exploring opportunities to further diversify in feed for other fish species and in new regions including South-East Asia and South America. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers