Sustainable and ethical raw material sourcing

The Group cooperates with multiple feed suppliers to achieve our performance and sustainability goals

The Group has contractual requirements for its suppliers of fish feed, to make sure that raw materials are managed in a sustainable and ethical manner. Moreover, the Group works with its suppliers to monitor closely fishery improvement programs, fisheries that are at risk of losing certification and catch utilization.

Lerøy requires raw materials to be:

• Fished/ harvested in an ethically sound manner and in compliance with legal frameworks
• Based on sustainable harvesting or fishing
• On a positive trend regarding the percentage certified according to a internationally acclaimed sustainability standard
• In compliance with the ASC feed standard
• Able to trace back to origin (farm/ geographical area/fishery)
• An ever-increasing share of trimmings
• ProTerra/Eurosoy certified and deforestation free value chain sourced Soy.

Policy:  Fish feed

Conscious choices

The Group takes an active stance regarding the feed composition. We implement our own set limits and limitations regarding feed composition.

Lerøy Salmon is raised with feed containing:

• EPA and DHA rich microalgae
• Camelina/linseed oil for beneficial omega 3 ratio
• Minimum 7.5% of the fatty acids is EPA and DHA
• Insect meal

Our feed does not contain:

• Salmon oil
• GMO
• Ethoxyquin
• Palm oil
• Chitin inhibitors
• Bone or blood meal

Strategy use of trimmings in Lerøy Feed

Lerøy has put forth an concrete plan to action with a clear goal to increase the use of trimmings in the feed. This goal is shared with our feed producers. To achieve this goal Lerøy has created an digital reporting tool that measure and gives feedback on trimming levels every month. 

Trimmings is a limitied comodity, and to make sure that we will have enough raw material, Lerøy has initiated a project with both feed producers and sub-suppliers to close our value chain. From both Lerøy's trawling activity and white fish factories, we produce an substantiial amount of trimmings that get sold to the open market. We will make sure that through mass balance principples, Lerøy is allocated  all by-products from white fish, back into the feed for our salmon and trout targeted by end of year 2025

Marine Feed ingredient Certified according to a sustainability standard