Fishmeal Identity, Composition and Feed Evidence

Editorial evidence reviewedReviewed 2026-09-16Release 2026-09-19-batch-230

Market value

$5.2B

Producing countries tracked

4

Grading systems

1

Active supply risks

3

Trade corridors

3

Latest reviewed evidence

The figures below are current Canadian incorporated feed requirements and European feed-material declaration thresholds. They define ingredient, labeling and contaminant boundaries; they are not target grades, lot test results, current supply, nutritional suitability for a particular ration or a live delivered fishmeal price.

Canadian fishmeal salt maximum

7

percent sodium chloride · CFIT, last amended 2026-06-26

Canadian fishmeal dioxins and dioxin-like PCB maximum

3

nanograms WHO-TEQ2005 per kilogram · CFIA incorporated table, last amended 2026-07-20

EU fishmeal crude-ash declaration threshold

20

percent; declaration required above threshold · Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1017, catalogue entry 10.4.2

EU fishmeal moisture declaration threshold

8

percent; declaration required above threshold · Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1017, catalogue entry 10.4.2

Fishmeal, fish solubles and fish protein hydrolysate are separate products

The Canadian table defines fishmeal from rendered clean, undecomposed whole fish, cuttings or both, while the European catalogue describes heating, pressing and drying whole or parts of fish. Both frameworks separately identify fish solubles and hydrolysed fish protein. Atlas keeps ingredient identity, raw-material source, process, oil extraction and whether solubles were re-added as distinct fields rather than merging all marine protein materials into one record.

Process and source claims must follow the actual material

Canadian entries distinguish ordinary fishmeal, fishmeal with solubles, mechanically extracted fishmeal and condensed fishmeal. A species or origin name must correspond to the product, and an antioxidant, where used, must be an approved ingredient used at the approved rate and identified on the label. Atlas therefore requires evidence for species, whole-fish or cutting basis, fishery or aquaculture source, processing route, solubles, antioxidant and production site before accepting a descriptive claim.

Composition declarations and contaminant limits answer different questions

The European catalogue requires crude protein and crude fat declarations for fishmeal, plus crude ash when above 20 percent and moisture when above 8 percent. Canada requires fishmeal label guarantees for protein, salt, fat, ash and moisture and sets a 3.0-nanogram WHO-TEQ2005-per-kilogram maximum for dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs in fishmeal. Atlas preserves every measurement basis, sample, method, laboratory and date; a declaration threshold is not a grade target, and neither is a substitute for a lot result.

A feed definition is not a delivered physical price

Regulatory ingredient definitions and contaminant limits establish identity and compliance boundaries, not availability or price. A delivered fishmeal estimate still requires a defined species and raw-material basis, process and solubles status, current permitted physical observations, origin and production vintage, composition and contaminant evidence, lot quantity and package, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, freight, storage controls and information vintage. Atlas withholds a physical estimate when those observations or usage rights are missing.

Questions procurement teams ask

Is fishmeal interchangeable with fish solubles or hydrolysed fish protein?

No. Canadian and European feed frameworks identify those as separate materials produced by different processes. The ingredient identity and process must remain attached to each observation.

May fishmeal contain re-added fish solubles?

The European catalogue says fish solubles may be re-added before drying, and Canada separately defines fishmeal with solubles. Atlas records whether solubles were re-added instead of assuming it from the name fishmeal.

What do the 20-percent ash and 8-percent moisture figures mean?

They are European declaration thresholds for fishmeal, not universal maximum grade limits. Crude ash must be declared if above 20 percent and moisture if above 8 percent.

Which fields make physical fishmeal offers comparable?

Species and raw-material source, whole fish or cuttings, fishery or aquaculture origin, rendering and oil-extraction route, solubles, antioxidant, protein, fat, ash, moisture, salt, calcium, phosphorus, contaminants, microbiology, freshness, particle size, production and test dates, lot, package, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, storage controls and evidence date.