Meet Daybrook Fisheries
A Sea of Natural Nutrition from a Sustainable Fishery since 1990
Why Daybrook?
Daybrook utilizes indirect drying technology, which is crucial for producing highly digestible fishmeal. While protein is important, digestibility determines true nutritional value. Our customers rely on this for aquaculture, piglets, and specialty pet food. Our omega-3-rich crude fish oil meets stringent international purity standards, undergoing rigorous testing and extra precautionary processes to ensure quality. This fish oil is mainly used in aquaculture feeds.
Location Matters
Daybrook’s ideal location in the central Gulf of Mexico allows us to have a balanced fish catching and processing capacity. The plant processing capability is integrated with extensive product warehousing and distribution facilities, docking, repair maintenance, and administrative buildings.
The Daybrook Process
Daybrook’s fishmeal is manufactured using a technology that provides gentle drying and ensures the highest standards for digestibility and freshness. Only fresh whole fish are used to make fishmeal & fish oil. The only by-product of our process is water vapor. Immediately upon arrival at our docks, the refrigerated fish are tested for total volatile nitrogen (TVN), as a beginning measure of freshness to optimize our production process. Samples of whole fish are collected from the refrigerated hold of each vessel and analyzed for additional physical and biological characteristics by our own Quality Assurance Laboratory.
Sales & Logistics
Daybrook Fisheries’ strategic location offers access to both the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico and allows Daybrook to efficiently serve markets along both the U.S. East and West Coasts, as well as in Canada, Mexico, and various locations in between. Daybrook’s proximity to the Port of New Orleans and other Gulf of Mexico ports facilitates the competitive export of our products to China, other Asian countries, Europe, and Latin America.
Daybrook offers an array of shipping options for fishmeal to cater to our customers’ diverse needs. Fish oil is available in bulk, IBC totes, flexi tanks, and drums. Both fishmeal and fish oil can be transported via trucks, vessels, barges, railcars, or containers. Our skilled Logistics Coordinators collaborate with each customer to ensure that every shipment method meets efficiency standards and deadlines. Additionally, our Customer Service Group provides support with the preparation of export documentation.
Fishmeal
At Daybrook, we produce fish meal using freshly sourced Gulf Menhaden, ensuring a premium protein quality. We provide a range of antioxidant solutions to maintain the highest product standards. Unlike vegetable proteins, our fish meal boasts a superior amino acid profile, high digestibility, and excellent omega-3 fatty acids suitable for both animal and aquaculture nutrition.
Fish Oil
We produce our fish oil from fresh Menhaden using a quick, clean, and controlled process, ensuring minimal free fatty acids. Our long-chain omega-3 fatty acids with an optimal EPA/DHA ratio make it an excellent nutritional option for animals feeds. Daybrook quality oil is known for its low FFA and excellent oxidative values like Peroxide (PV) and Anisidine (AV).
Fish Solubles
Our fish solubles are highly valued and in demand for it’s uses as an attractant for fish feeds or baits and as a natural fertilizer for organic crops. This is an intermediate product made during the wet-rendering process. Typically, the majority is added back to the fishmeal however customer demands for the strong fish odor and high amino acids ensure we provide fish solubles year-round.