Krill

NutraWomen Wednesday: Merce Piñol del Olmo, Aker BioMarine

23-Aug-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Merce Piñol del Olmo is an industry leader with broad experience in the nutraceutical sector. As the VP of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa, the Norwegian is responsible for the growth strategy in these regions.

Aker Biomarine gets NDI nod from FDA for brain health ingredient

10-Aug-2023 By Danielle Masterson

The Norwegian fishing and biotech company has successfully achieved New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) status from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Lysoveta. Under the NDI, Aker BioMarine can market Lysoveta at 1.5 grams/day for the general adult...

Aker further upgrades krill fleet with new support vessel

30-Sep-2020 By Hank Schultz

Norwegian krill oil supplier Aker BioMarine has announced the launch of yet another new vessel, in this case a supply ship that supports the company’s three harvesting vessels operating in Antarctic waters.

Aker writes new chapter in krill story casting it as choline source

25-Mar-2020 By Hank Schultz

The new research about krill’s choline bolsters the latest iteration of this story, said Nils Hoem, PhD, Aker’s chief scientist. Choline is a natural constituent of krill oil as part of its phospholipid makeup as a part of the molecule phosphatidylcholine.

Aker deploys drone to improve efficiency, add to ecosystem data collection

21-Feb-2020 By Hank Schultz

Leading krill harvester Aker BioMarine is making progress in its efforts to support the science of the Antarctic ecosystem with the full operational release of an autonomous sail drone.

Two drug trial failures not good news for omega-3s sector

15-Jan-2020 By Hank Schultz

The omega-3s sector has endured a bad week with the announcement of the failure of clinical trials of two high profile drugs—one based of fish oil and the other on krill.

Aker: Krill outlook even brighter than for omega-3s as a whole

02-Jan-2020 By Hank Schultz

Major krill oil supplier AkerBiomarine expects its subset of the omega-3s realm to outperform the sector as a whole in 2020.

GOED: Omega-3s market grew 2.3% in 2018

10-Dec-2019 By Hank Schultz

The global omega-3s market grew 2.3% in 2018 from the previous year on a tonnage basis, according to a report released by GOED.

Editor's Spotlight

Aker brings more NGOs into fold to bolster sustainability message

30-Oct-2019 By Hank Schultz

Krill harvester Aker BioMarine has turned up the heat on its sustainability messaging by cooperating with Pew Charitable Trusts, an organization that has long been supportive of a cautious approach to the harvesting of krill in Antarctica.

New opportunities: Rimfrost plans new vessel as krill demand increases

03-May-2017 By Nathan Gray

Norwegian krill player Rimfrost says new opportunities and an increased demand are driving plans for a new higher capacity harvest vessel.

Updated: Aker finally achieving necessary scale in krill business, CEO says

17-Feb-2017 By Hank Schultz

If you want to play in the krill game, you have to go big, says Aker BioMarine CEO Matts Johansen. And after years of development and investment, Aker BioMarine is finally achieving the scale necessary to be reliably profitable.

‘T-free’: Krill player backs odourless form in 'fishy smell' assault

24-Jan-2017 By Shane Starling

Enzymotec is backing a krill form using a patent-pending process it says makes it free of a component that contributes to the ‘fishy smell’ that can plague marine oils.

Neptune pivots away from krill oil supply toward becoming a 'solutions provider'

13-Jul-2016 By Hank Schultz

On the heels of a positive earnings release, krill oil supplier Neptune has announced a refocus of the company and its brands to reflect that the company goes far beyond just supplying its

Botanicals giant kills krill JV

30-Mar-2016 By Shane STARLING

French herbals giant Naturex has quit a joint venture with krill major Aker Biomarine stating the move is part of its strategy to “concentrate on our core businesses”.

Climate change could be affecting krill biomass, but experts say more data needed to make connection

18-Mar-2016 By Hank Schultz

Despite a recent TV documentary that raised questions, krill researchers say there is no immediate concern about the abundance of the creatures in the Southern Ocean. But they said that more research is called for.

Rimfrost says new concentrated krill oil ingredient injects innovation into stagnant category

09-Oct-2015 By Hank Schultz

Norwegian krill oil supplier Rimfrost AS says it is seeking to further differentiate krill oil from fish oil with the launch of a new ingredient concentrated for phospholipid content.

Aker’s chief scientist: Let’s stop talking about bioavailability & focus on what happens to omega-3s in the body

21-Sep-2015 By Stephen Daniells

Studies investigating the bioavailability of EPA and DHA from different oil forms are a waste of time, says Aker BioMarine’s chief scientist. A real effort must be put into researching how EPA and DHA from different forms are taken up and used by the...

Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe

Blackmores: We wanted to see krill sustainability with our own eyes

02-Jun-2015 By Hank Schultz

Blackmores, the leading supplement brand in Australia, has taken the unusual step of sending a company representative on a two week-long trip to verify the sustainability practices of Aker BioMarine, the world’s largest harvester of krill used to supply...

Latin America

Krill fishery offers opportunity to "get it right," sustainability expert says

11-Mar-2015 By Hank Schultz

The krill fishery offers a “last opportunity to get it right,” according to fisheries expert Dr Rudolfo Werner of Argentina.

Rimfrost going under the krill fishery sustainability knife (again)

09-Sep-2014 By Shane STARLING

Norway’s Olympic Seafood-owned krill phospholipid and omega-3 supplier Rimfrost is under assessment from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) - a €300,000 process it expects to complete by the “middle of next year”.

Krill sustainability backed in 18 month review

28-Aug-2014 By Shane STARLING

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has backed the sustainability of Norwegian firm Aker Biomarine’s Antarctic krill fishing activities, with improved scores.

Asian krill boom drives krill joint venture

23-Oct-2012 By Shane Starling

Australian, Japanese, South Korean, Taiwanese and other Asian consumers are driving rising demand in omega-3 source krill to levels that have prompted Norwegian krill supplier, Rimfrost, to ink a production-boosting joint venture.

Fisheries certifier earns top marks

15-Oct-2012 By Hank Schultz

The Marine Stewardship Council, a group that certifies the sustainability of oceanic fisheries including some that supply omega-3s, has again earned the designation as the most rigorous of certifying organization.

Australian research says no conclusive evidence krill harvesting harms predators

27-Jun-2012

Research out of Australia has found “insufficient” evidence that krill harvesting is damaging Antarctic, land-based predator populations like seals and penguins.

Friends of the Sea backs old and new krill players

30-May-2012 By Shane Starling

Sustainable seafood NGO Friends of the Sea (FOS) has backed the oldest and biggest krill oil supplier, Canadian krill player Neptune Technologies and Bioressources, along with the newest player in the omega-3 sub-sector, Norwegian firm, Rimfrost.

Aker on Antarctic krill fishing: “All we have been doing is geared toward building a sustainable industry”

06-Apr-2012 By Shane Starling

In this podcast, Hallvard Muri, CEO and president of krill giant Aker Biomarine talks about the company’s heritage in fishing, evolving markets in the US, Europe and Asia, and why sustainability is driven by a company ethic that has fishing, “in our DNA”.

WWF backs krill fishery as new data and better harvest methods surface

04-Apr-2012 By Shane Starling from Oslo, Norway

The fact phospholipid-rich food and feed source krill are sourced in the Antarctic has brought a level of scrutiny few fisheries have had to face.

The yuck factor? US survey reveals consumer demand for omega-3s... minus the fish

21-Mar-2012 By Elaine Watson

Nearly four out of 10 (37%) US supplement users say they would rather take something other than fish oil as an omega-3 supplement, according to a new survey.

Krill oil shows colitis potential: Rat study

09-Dec-2011 By Nathan Gray

A diet supplemented with krill oil helps to improve the markers of colitis and IBD in a rat model of the disease, say researchers.

Special edition: Omega-3

Krill set for continued omega-3 stardom

22-Aug-2011 By Shane Starling

The nascent but rapidly growing krill sector is set to match or exceed 10+% point growth forecast for the entire omega-3 sector, even as public awareness remains relatively low and sustainability questions – justified or otherwise – refuse to go away.

FDA has no objections for Aker’s krill oil GRAS status

09-Aug-2011

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a letter of no objection to krill oil supplier Aker BioMarine Antarctic regarding the GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status of its Superba Krill oil.

Enzymotec USA notches up double-digit growth for krill oil

27-Jul-2011 By Elaine Watson

The US arm of Israeli biotech firm Enzymotec says it is confident of sustaining double-digit growth in sales of krill oil as awareness of its multiple benefits grows.

Schiff Nutrition gets exclusive sales rights for Aker krill oil

06-Jul-2011

Krill supplier Aker BioMarine has undertaken to deliver up to 300 metric tons of krill oil per year to Schiff Nutrition, as the companies expand their supply agreement through 2016.

Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2011

WWF on krill: "World’s largest under-exploited fishery"

08-Jun-2011 By Shane Starling

Krill provides only a small link in the omega-3 supply chain, but the sustainability of the Antarctic fishery is regularly brought under the spotlight, often unfairly says the WWF.

Enzymotec increases omega-3 levels in its krill oil

16-Jun-2010 By Lorraine Heller

Enzymotec has increased the omega-3 spec of its krill oil, which the firm says allows customers to declare higher levels of the fatty acids on their product labels without increasing their cost.

Industry requests Whole Foods krill ban answers

10-May-2010 By Shane Starling

International omega-3 group GOED has written to Whole Foods asking for further details about why the retailer has pulled krill oil supplements from its shelves, while providing it with additional information about the krill fishery management.

Making a krilling

22-May-2008

The tiny crustaceans best known as whale fodder are making a splash as a nutrient-rich marine-sourced alternative to fish and algae in the omega-3 market. Tina Sampalis, PhD, chief science officer at leading krill player, Neptune Technologies & Bioressources,...