Sustainable aquaculture feed ingredient

A North Norfolk company is turning locally-sourced ingredients into a new feed for farmed fish, aiming to replace imported alternatives with a lower-carbon product. This matters because the UK’s aquaculture industry currently relies heavily on imported fish feed, which carries a significant carbon footprint from shipping and production. The project addresses a gap in domestic supply: there is no major UK hub for manufacturing sustainable aquaculture feed ingredients. Jonas Seafood, the company leading the work, plans to establish that hub in North Norfolk, creating a circular economy business that uses local resources. If the research succeeds, the new feed ingredient could boost the productivity of UK fish farms while cutting their environmental impact. Aquaculture studies will confirm whether the ingredient provides the nutritional components needed for healthy fish development. The wider effect would be a more resilient, lower-carbon supply chain for farmed fish in the UK—a system most people never see, but one that quietly shapes the cost and sustainability of the seafood on their plates. The project is applied commercial research, not fundamental science, with a clear goal of building a new manufacturing base in Eastern England.