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USA - Coalition urges waiver of RFS because of drought
Aug 10, 2012 — Petition asks EPA for one-year waiver of ethanol production mandate
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Aquaculture news from the world’s press
Current updates on our Facebook page (facebook.com/Aquafeeddotcom) include:

• AUSTRALIA - Food Crisis: The Development of Modern Aquaculture in Australia is an Imperative
  The only option to improve the capacity of Australia to come closer to satisfy present and project seafood requirements through domestic production is the rapid development of aquaculture

• CANADA - Fish farming: The challenge is to do it better
  The war of words has been something to behold.This year may be remembered as the year when only wind farms could match salmon farming as a magnet for controversy in Nova Scotia. Now, maybe it’s time for the flag of truce.

• EU - €4m EU project mines plant and fish for protein and antioxidants
  A three-year EU project is targeting the typical 50%+ wastage in fish and grain stocks as a source of proteins and antioxidants that can be used to tackle malnutrition in the developing world as well as deliver green, cost-effective nutrients.

• MALAYSIA - Fisheries Dept to bost aquaculture industry
  To increase fish production by the aquaculture industry, the Fisheries Department will boost a programme to rehabilitate abandoned fish cages and fish ponds

• PERU - S&P rates Corporacion Pesquera Inca 'B+'
  We are assigning our 'B+' long-term corporate credit and issue-level ratings to Copeinca, Peru's second-largest producer of fishmeal and fish oil

• PHILIPPINES - Fish sector posts P387-m loss
  Fish losses due to rains and floods beginning July 20 had reached more than P387 million, displacing aquafarm operators and hundreds of fishermen in the Ilocos, Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog regions.

• VIETNAM - Livestock, aquaculture to get support to overcome difficulties
  The Prime Minister has asked State commercial banks to reduce interest rates on loans for farmers in the livestock and aquaculture sector while also giving them more time to pay back debts

• COMMODITIES - U.S.’s inferior corn crop has supply-chain ramifications
  The 2012 corn crop, rated only 23% good-to-excellent in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest Crop Progress report, appeared to be spreading its bad vibrations throughout the supply chain that ends on the dinner tables or in the gas tanks of American consumers

• COMMODITIES -Global Fishmeal, Fish Oil Supply – Inputs, Outputs and Markets
  The decreasing availability of fishmeal and fish oil for marine ingredients will force the industry to depend more heavily on by-products for fish feed, said Johnathon Shepherd, past Director General for the International Fishmeal and Fishoil Organisation (IFFO).

• INTERVIEW -  Few debates over the last decade have been as angry as the one about climate change
  While many deem it as a threat so imminent that island countries might be submerged beneath the sea, others claim the entire subject is the result of junk science. Where do the facts really lie? Patrick Moore on the facts and fiction of climate change.

   

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USA - Corn production forecast lowest production since 2006
Corn Production Down 13 Percent from 2011 Soybean Production Down 12 Percent from 2011 Cotton Production Up 13 Percent from 2011 Winter Wheat Production Up 1 Percent from July Forecast
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US Grains Council Analysis of USDA’s August WASDE Report
In its monthly agricultural supply/demand update the U.S. Department of Agriculture on August 10 again lowered the outlook for U.S. corn production, reflecting the continued
deterioration of this year's crop due to the once-in-a-lifetime drought that affects most of the U.S. corn belt. Download the analysis (PDF).

Marine and animal proteins
For the next few weeks there appears to be no reason at all for Peru fishmeal prices to move lower - Hammersmith Marketing on our Fishmeal page. Also available: Today’s grain prices and Commodity Futures. There is also a wealth of up-to-date commodity information available via links from our Markets & Price Reports Page l Grain prices l Live commodity data from Soyatech

International Grains Council Grain Market report (GMR No. 422 24 May 2012)
World Bank Commodity Price Data Report (May)

SCOTLAND - Aquaculture and fisheries consultation analysis report
Analysis of the consultation on proposals for the introduction of an Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill, has been published. The Scottish Government consulted on how to achieve a sustainable future for aquaculture and freshwater fisheries and ensure the effective management of interactions between the two sectors. The consultation will inform the development of a new Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill, which is planned for introduction in autumn 2012
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Animal Feed Additives Market is Expected to Reach US$ 17.5 Billion Globally in 2018
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research Animal Feed and Feed Additives Market - Global Industry Size, Market Share, Trends, Analysis, and Forecast, 2011 - 2018, global feed additives market was worth US$ 13.5 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach US$ 17.5 billion in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 3.8% from 2011 to 2018. In the overall global market, Asia Pacific is expected to maintain its lead position in terms of revenue till 2018. Asia Pacific is expected to enjoy 32.4% of global animal feed additives market revenue share in 2018 followed by Europe
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AwF Financial Summary 2003-2012 now available
The Board of Directors Aquaculture Without Frontiers has released a financial summary of the income and expenditures of AwF from its founding in 2003 until May 31, 2012. View the report.

USA - SAA Request for Proposals (RFP)
The goal of Soy Aquaculture Alliance is to increase demand for US soybeans as a preferred ingredient in aquaculture feed through increasing the supply and consumption of domestically grown seafood. Advancing fundamental understanding of nutrition in fish through research will help attain SAA goals. Request for Proposals (RFP) are now sought
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USA - Request for Application - USDA Small Business Innovation Research: Aquaculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is requesting applications a funding opportunity for small businesses to prove scientific or technical feasibility of innovations specific to aquaculture. The closing date for applications is September 6, 2012
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USA - Drought damage dangers: nitrates and mycotoxins
This year’s drought in the USA is the precursor for several different types of mycotoxins. Aspergillus and some of the Fusarium molds such as Fusarium verticilloides and Fusarium proliferatum will be the most prevalent
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Aquafeed Job Center
Are you looking for staff? Visit the Aquafeed job center  to review resumes from jobseekers.

Other jobs

• Supervisory Research Biologist/Fish Biologist, Research Leader, USDA-ARS-The Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center, Arizona, USA
  The Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center (SNARC) in Stuttgart, Arkansas, seeks a permanent, full-time Supervisory Research Biologist/Fish Biologist
  Details from the WAS Employment Center.

• Assistant/Associate Professor and Extension Fisheries Specialist, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
  The candidate must have a Ph.D in a discipline related to fisheries/aquaculture with a strong fundamental background in warmwater fisheries management and aquaculture.
  Details from the WAS Employment Center.

40th Symposium of the United States - Japan Natural Resources Panel on Aquaculture (UJNR): Hatchery Technology for High Quality Juvenile Production - October 22 - 23, 2012, Honolulu, Hawaii
NOAA's longest-standing bilateral aquaculture relationship celebrates with its 40th meeting and symposium on October 22-23 in Honolulu, Hawaii.  This year's symposium topic is Hatchery Technology for High Quality Juvenile Production. Details.

AUGUST
August 15-16 Tars 2012 Shrimp Aquaculture – Shaping the Value Chain, Phuket, Thailand
August 24-26 Ninth International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture Roanoke, Virginia USA

SEPTEMBER
September 1-5 AQUA 2012 Prague, Czech Republic
September 1 1st EUROPEAN PERCID FISH CULTURE (EPFC) WORKSHOP, Prague, Czech Republic
September 11-13 4th INTERNATIONAL FEED SAFETY CONFERENCE, Beijing, China
September 12-14 42nd AFIA LIQUID FEED SYMPOSIUM, Denver, CO, USA
September 19  Purdue Veterinary Medicine 2012 Fall Conference Aquatic Veterinary Program, -West Lafayette, IN, USA 
September 20-23 1st Annual World Congress of Mariculture and Fisheries - Dalian, P.R. China

OCTOBER
October 17-19  Offshore Mariculture Izmir, Turkey
October 17-18  1th CFFA CHINA CONFERENCE, Shanghai, China
October 30 – November 2  GOAL 2012, Bangkok, Thailand

2013
January 29- 31 IPPE:  Atlanta, Georgia, USA
February 21-25 AQUACULTURE 2013 Nashville, Tennessee, USA
April 8-12 4th Global Feed and Food Congress (GFFC) – Sun City, South Africa
May 30 – June 2 AQUARAMA 2013 Suntec Singapore
November 20 – 22 XII INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AQUACULTURE NUTRITION Villahermosa, Tabasco, México
December 10-13 ASIAN PACIFIC AQUACULTURE 2013 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2014
February 9-12 AQUACULTURE AMERICA 2014 Seattle, Washington, USA
April (TBC) VICTAM ASIA 2014 Bangkok, Thailand
June 7-11 WORLD AQUACULTURE 2014 Adelaide, South Australia

2015
February 19-22 AQUACULTURE AMERICA 2015 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
May  WORLD AQUACULTURE 2015 Jeju Island, Korea

2016
February 22-26 AQUACULTURE 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada USA 

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