Overview

“The narrative around feed has evolved, with increasing recognition that sustainability must be grounded in robust, science‑based measures such as life‑cycle assessment—not in simplistic comparisons between marine and plant ingredients. As essential providers of irreplaceable nutritional benefits, the marine ingredients hold a strong and enduring position within global food systems. Aquaculture grows only when the feed ingredient sector is diverse, resilient and responsible—making the most of every resource.

In this annual report, we show how IFFO continues to lead these discussions—by sharing best practices from our members, strengthening the evidence base, and supporting academic research that advances our industry. IFFO’s work continues to thrive thanks to the dedication of our team and the active engagement of our Board and global membership.” 

Petter Martin Johannessen, IFFO Director General

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Supporting our members

IFFO continues to provide a unique range of services and benefits for marine ingredient producers and their related businesses. With 262 members in total, spanning 40 countries, IFFO membership is growing with 15 new members, including 2 new countries (Malta and Solomon Islands) joining in 2025. This success is echoed by the latest members survey, with 96% of members rating IFFO’s services as either excellent or good. The IFFO team visited members in China, Norway, Denmark, Greece, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Beyond events and communications initiatives, IFFO supports members through a wide range of projects and services, some of which are highlighted in the following:

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Stakeholder Engagement: Events & Webinars 

In-person events:

IFFO organised 2 webinars and 4 in-person events in 2025, most notably the record-breaking Members' Meeting held in Madrid, the Annual Conference in Tokyo, the China Summit held in in Foshan city and the Precision Nutrition Workshop in Madrid. With a record 267 members attending the Madrid Members' Meeting and a record 518 delegates attending our Tokyo Annual Conference from 46 countries, these events continue to be the leading gathering for the industry.

The Members' Meeting in Madrid had record attendance and included 21 speakers who explored market trends and market drivers as well as the use of marine ingredients in animal farming and their role in human health. The event also included a MarinTrust side event and a Precision Nutrition Workshop.

The Tokyo Annual Conference featured 23 speakers Tokyo, with a range of presentations and panel discussions exploring market trends, technical innovation and sustainability updates. Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions, climate uncertainty, and shifting trade dynamics, industry leaders and scientists came together to reaffirm their commitment to evidence-based decision-making. A central theme of the conference was the critical role of industry in supporting effective fisheries management measures. The conference also addressed the growing need for realism in how aquafeed ingredients are assessed. Side events were held on the Japanese Marine Industry and Sustainability in Japan, and on the reality of by-products with MarinTrust. 

The China Summit, was held in Foshan city and was attended by a record number of delegates with 148 from 18 countries. The summit included a global update on marine ingredient markets, with a special focus on Asia. Market updates were also provided on Peru, Chile, Thailand, and the USA before an update from GOED on global omega-3 supply and ending with a focus on fishmeal and fish oil demand in China.

InFocus

As part of our InFocus technical workshop series, a meeting gathered leading experts from across the feed industry in Madrid to discuss precision nutrition in aquafeed, with a scientific paper published from these discussions.  Exploring the fast-developing area of precision nutrition in aquafeed, discussion focused on the important role of palatability, formulation to net energy, omega-3 and amino acid demands, and the latest digital tools to design and assess feed formulations. The workshop featured seven technical experts: Brett Glencross, Technical Director at IFFO, Johan Schrama from Wageningen University & Research, Sofia Morais, from Lucta, Dominique Bureau, from Wittaya Aqua International, Christian DeSantis, from Cargill Aqua Nutrition, Ian Carr, from Veramaris and Kyla Zatti, from BioMar Group.

The InFocus webinars continued, covering Life Cycle Assessment with Global Feed Lifecycle Assessment Institute (GFLI), with Delanie Kellon (GFLI Executive Director) explaing GFLI’s role, providing a globally accessible, evolving animal feed ingredient Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) database and supporting compliant, credible, and transparent environmental assessment of animal feed ingredients. IFFO's Brett Glencross provided an overview of IFFO’s work on data collection, highlighting the need to move toward a more transparent assessment process, with the use of LCA providing a equitable comparrison of the sustainability of each feed ingredient. The second webinar explored IFFO’s market research coverage with IFFO's Market Research team, sharing the latest insights on global marine ingredients production, trade, and usage. The session also explored how IFFO supports its members with high-value intelligence including weekly, monthly, China-focused reports, interactive infographics, presentations, and tailored data requests.

Representing the industry

Every year, IFFO represents the industry at events across the world, contributing the wider industry discussions and highlighting the important role of marine ingredients. 

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Stakeholder Engagement: Outreach

IFFO grows out of a fishmeal and fish oil industry need for collaboration, information and shared problem solving. Beyond IFFO’s efforts to facilitate cooperation and address shared commercial problems within the membership, IFFO constantly liaises with academia, regulatory bodies, governments, international organisations and industry press. IFFO provides a reference point for marine ingredients with the IFFO website, which features videos of experts, while also engaging stakeholders directly on social media via LinkedIn and WeChat, Bilibili, the Red, Weibo in China.

Press engagement

IFFO responded proactively to all media and NGO requests, while driving discussions on marine ingredients through 17 press releases , 27 opinion articles, along with blog articles, and participated in 2 external podcasts, resulting in 286 pieces of positive global press coverage. IFFO actively engages on social media with over 6,400 followers (up by 1,200 in the last year) on LinkedIn. In China, IFFO is active on 4 social media platforms, with 404 new followers and 22,284 hits gained in 2025 on WeChat. IFFO’s China vodcast series released on these platforms as well as on IFFO website have received 13,612 views by end of 2025.

Finance

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Governance

The Board of Directors of IFFO is made up of Directors from Producer members nominated by either individual countries or regions. Each director serves a 2-year term and is then eligible for re-election. Meetings are held at least twice a year, along with more regular meetings for smaller Liaison groups to focus on specific areas.