IFFO surveys find global fishmeal, fish oil production has increased so far in 2025

The latest statistics gathered by IFFO – the Marine Ingredients Organization indicates global fishmeal and fish oil production through July 2025 is ahead of global production in the same period of 2024. According to IFFO – which gathers survey data from members in Chile, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritius, Norway, the U.K., the U.S., Peru, South Africa, and Spain – global production of fishmeal through July 2025 is roughly 8 percent ahead of the same period of 2024. Fish oil production is also ahead of last year and has increased by around 5 percent. “Global fishmeal and fish oil production is consistent with IFFO’s 2025 estimates at 5.6 million tons of fishmeal and 1.2 million to 1.3 million tons of fish oil,” IFFO Market Research Director Enrico Bachis said. IFFO said in 2024, Peru’s anchovy-fishing season in its North-Central region ended on 19 June, which limited production of fishmeal and fish oil. The season in 2024 wrapped up successfully after ...