Media coverage
Aquaculture feed
"Why salmon eating insects instead of fish is better for environment"
5 Feb 2018
This eye-opening article explores Protix's four-year journey to develop a sustainable salmon feed based on insects as an alternative to traditional fish-based feed. It highlights how Protix developed alternatives to avoid overfishing and the bycatch of sensitive marine organisms such as whales and sea turtles. A quote:
“We come from an age where we thought the big blue ocean was infinite,” says Kees Aarts, Chief Executive Officer of Protix. “But with increasing demand for production of salmon, we need that alternative.”