“We need to balance the old and the new, integrate new systems and ensure stable year-round production,” he reflects. While they are not yet totally sure what specific ingredients will be used to replace FM and FO, Tavares sees cereals as having the greatest potential and the company will be working closely with their feed suppliers to find the winning formulae.Īnother intriguing sustainability story relates to the company’s Lira farm, which sources its water from – and discharges it back into – Spain’s first marine reserve: ‘Os Miñarzos’ marine reserve.įaraldo has a difficult task – dealing with two different species and two different production systems – but he has 20 years of experience of farming flatfish to draw on. “We need to balance this with the need to protect fish welfare and healthy growth, so will need to undertake a lot of feed trials,” notes Tavares. Perhaps the most ambitious goal, as Tavares explains, is to reduce the fishmeal and fish oil (FM and FO) content of their turbot feeds by 50 percent and their sole feeds by 65 percent by the end of the decade. These include an increased emphasis on animal welfare, and an increased interaction with the communities in which the company operates – now that Covid-19 restrictions have finally been relaxed, the company has plans to welcome visits from five to ten local schools every year.
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