Regal Springs’ Petra Weigl shares insights from the world’s leading tilapia producer’s full fish utilisation journey

Using 100% of each fish caught or farmed is a “moral obligation”, according to Petra Weigl, Managing Director of Regal Springs Europe and Global Head of the company’s Natural Additions Division. It’s from the latter that she oversees all by-product sales within the Zurich-based, Swiss-owned tilapia producer’s full fish utilisation strategies, ensuring every part of their production is put to valuable use.

Speaking at the 5^th Fish Waste for Profit conference, held in Reykjavik last year, Weigl highlighted that behind carp, tilapia is the second largest biomass that the world has in terms of edible fish, with a production volume in excess of 7 million tonnes. “This volume will grow because tilapia has been identified as a strategic protein by the United Nations,” she said.