USP Publishes Krill Oil Monograph The Food Chemicals Codex of the U.S. Pharmacopeia has released a standard for krill oil. While GOED members involved in the krill business are still analyzing the individual parameters set forth in the new standard, some specifics of the monograph include: DHA and EPA Acceptance criteria: EPA not less than 10.0%, …
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GOED’s December 9th 2013 weekly exclusive report service for its members, has informed about Tharos’ recent conclusion of its at-sea pilot trials generating new krill oil extraction concepts, solvent-free krill oil extraction, at sea. See more here
Land-based tests for a ‘revolutionary’ process for extracting oil from South Antarctic krill have been successfully completed. As published on April 4th 2012. See more at – http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/new-krill-oil-extraction-equipment-showing-great-promise
Tharos, a Chile-based krill utilisation consultancy, has finished the onboard trialling of its novel process for extracting oils from krill caught in the South Antarctic Ocean. See more at – http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/fish-processing/processing/at-sea-trials-a-success-for-new-krill-oil-extraction-process#sthash.cyBG8JXF.dpuf
Tharos has generated a superb 98-page summary of the first GOED Exchange Conference held in Salt Lake City (USA) in January 2011. The content of the summary can be seen on Tharos’ reports section.
Recent information provided by Israeli company Qualitas states that its new-to-release (November 2013) EPA-enriched algal Omega-3 source will be the only algal-based polar lipids in the market. The press release also indicates that Qualitas’ algal oil will be equivalent to krill oil in terms of efficacy and human-consumption benefits. This is not the case. Both …
This INFORMA (FAO Globefish) report addresses nutraceutical-grade EPA & DHA scarcity, sources and the aquaculture industry as a net supplier of EPA and DHA. Not necessarily more fish will be processed to get valuable EPA and DHA-enriched fish oils for human consumption, rather taken off from aqua-feeds (farmed fish diets) and/or the aquaculture sector itself. …
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This is a report issued by Supply Side Insights in collaboration with GOED. It gives a short snapshot of the Omega-3s-industry and aquatic sustainability principles. Consumer media has been known to portray a bleak picture of marine resource depletion but in reality only about 4 percent of all ocean-harvested fish goes into omega-3 applications such …
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Marine Protected Areas (MPA), to be implemented in CCAMLR fishing regions, are set for a significant debate. In the week of July 15 2013, a meeting was held in Bremerhaven, Germany targeting the creation of a vast area of protected waters around Antarctic fishing region. The Russian Federation — supported by Ukraine — stood up against …
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New CCAMLR research is signaling about seasurface water temperature increase and its direct effect over Antarctic krill population. It points its effect over the change of krill’s foraging areas, feeding patterns and the implication over the entire Antarctic food chain. It also addresses future Antarctic krill biomass condition and its impact over Antarctic krill commercial fishing. This …
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