At the initial stage, it is planned to launch two production lines with a total capacity of 15 tons per hour. The enterprise is expected to create 400 jobs, recruitment and training of personnel has already begun.
Over the past 10 years, the area of water used for fish farming in the country has increased 2.5 times (from 225 thousand hectares in 2014 to 566.8 thousand hectares in 2024).
The volume of aquaculture production has increased more than 2 times compared to 2015. At the same time, enterprises are gradually abandoning foreign fish feed, and demand for Russian products is growing.
Measures of state support have been adopted that contribute to the development of the segment.
“Domestic companies are increasing the production volumes of highly productive fish feed. Thus, a production chain is being formed that is independent of imported supplies. This is a contribution to ensuring the country's food security,” noted the head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries Ilya Shestakov.
Enterprises actively use domestic scientific developments, and VNIRO feed recipes have been introduced at a number of plants. In addition, industry science creates components that successfully replace foreign analogues. Thus, comprehensive studies were conducted on the supplement “Fidaktiv Pink”, comparable in its effectiveness to the imported component “Carophyll Pink”. The ingredient is included in the recipes for trout feed of 2 large Russian manufacturers.
Source: United Press Service of the Federal Agency for Fisheries