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Krill Fishing – The Sticking Point at Recent CCAMLR Refusal for More Marine Protected Areas

  Dear Friends Krill Fishing become one of the hottest topics at the recent 2020 CCAMLR 39th Meeting. The refusal to grant more krill Marine Protected Areas (MPA) goes beyond healthy environmental practices. Although very few players adhere to an open, less restrictive krill fishery policy, the underline truth is that almost all participants in …

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Tharos SOMSIX and MASTERPACKGROUP Alliance

  Dear friends, colleagues and valued customers.  Tharos’ recent alliance with the leader in MA (modified atmosphere) packaging, SOMSIX – part of the MASTERPACKGroup, Netherlands – aligned with Tharos’ low-cost, clean and environmental-friendly processing solutions, is nothing more than very good news. See here about how tailored MA solutions lower your logistic costs, reduce waste material, trim the carbon footprint, enhance full …

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Greece – How it is Transforming the Krill End-Products Market

THAROS and NIKI KORONAKI Working Together in Greece  Beyond thousands of years of history for this cradle of wisdom and knowledge, Greece also offers great business opportunities in the aqua-feed and food sectors, for several krill end-products for example. A hub for its neighboring countries, Greece has become a strong consumer of several feed ingredients, such as krill …

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How the krill fishery looked in the 2000s, and how it shaped the future

  Dear friends and colleagues One of our 2008 reports researched if krill meals and oils would become long-term feed ingredient substitutes to, at that time, prevalent pelagic-fisheries’ fish meals and oils. We were also predicting catch scenarios. We accurately predicted some trends, and made significant mistakes on catch and output estimates. And several lessons …

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A Journey To The Past – How Krill Oil Reached Our Lives

September 1st 2020 Dear Friends and Colleagues Since when krill oils as we known them exist?; who was the first company involved in this business?; is the Chinese Antarctic krill fishery solely business minded?; will the current Norwegian krill oil monopoly last?; is the nascent North Atlantic krill fishery an alternative to its South cousin?. …

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Lets talk about the krill production side. Impact in the prices consumers pay

Dear Colleagues and friends As consumers keep asking why krill products are so expensive, oils and meats for example, lets review the factors that explain the current price structure. This rationale will change once new technologies and operators hit the fishery. It will change the krill economic landscape forcing incumbents to modify their business model to …

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Take a look on consumer’s attitude towards sustainability and Omega3s

As recently published by GOED, FMCG Gurus presented a webinar on global consumer attitudes towards sustainability last week. Interesting findings for the omega-3 space included: 54% of global consumers are concerned with marine life species going extinct — the fourth greatest concern among the concerns listed on the survey. A majority of consumers think brands …

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