Thanking more than 375 delegates from 35 countries for their participation in the conference, Rafferty said there should be no doubt that aquaculture will be a major contributor of nutritious food for a growing global population. He closed his speech with a call for collaboration across the entire aquaculture value chain to reduce the use of antibiotics.

Applications for the ‘DSM Innovation Award in Aquaculture’, an award that honors transformative innovation within the aquaculture industry, were received from across the world and evaluated by a jury of specialists. Enviroflight won the award for developing proprietary technologies that enable the rearing of non-pathogenic black soldier fly larvae in an industrially scalable manner.

The Global Aquaculture Alliance\'s annual GOAL conference, scheduled to take place September 19-22, will feature 60-plus speakers including many of the world\'s leading retail and foodservice seafood buyers. The conference will begin with a special session on responsible sourcing of fishmeal and fish oil derived from reduction fisheries or fishery by-products.

The AquaSG’16 conference is scheduled to take place from October 19-21, 2016 in Singapore. This conference is organized by the Asian Aquaculture Network (AAN), with support from Institute of Aquaculture Singapore and Temasek Polytechnic.

AE2016 will present the latest science to support further development. Industry panels will discuss key opportunities, and morning plenary sessions will address different aspects of the event theme “Food For Thought” in a novel way. Early bird registration extended through June 25.

TARS 2016 provides a neutral platform for key stakeholders to convene and exchange insights and experiences as to how Asia, as a unified group, can reconcile to increase its sphere of control in disease mitigation. This year’s two-day meeting will feature state-of-the science plenary sessions with 16 presentations by local and international speakers, and three interactive breakout sessions.

Registration is now open for the American Feed Industry Association\'s 46th annual Liquid Feed Symposium, Sept. 13-15. The symposium\'s focus is current issues, growth, education and development in regard to the liquid supplement industry.

The charming and historical coastal city of Aveiro has been chosen as the location for the 5th edition of the internationally recognized platform Seagriculture. All stakeholders are invited to contribute and to join the platform and conference held September 27-28, 2016.

AlgaEurope 2016 will take place from December 13-15 in Madrid, Spain. The combination of 11 sessions, panel discussions, poster sessions, workshops, and networking lunches by leading experts ensures that delegates will be informed on the latest developments and state of the art in algae research and industrial deployment.

Experts Alf-Helge Aarskog (Marine Harvest), Yo Sato (Cermaq Group AS) and Avrim Lazar (Global Salmon Initiative) will share insights and present opportunities for progressing the salmon sector. AquaVision takes place June 13-15 in Norway.

The American Feed Industry Association will host a Food Safety Preventive Control Alliance (FSPCA) ‘Preventive Controls for Animal Food’ training this summer, as it continues to provide industry with Food Safety Modernization Act compliance preparation. The training will be held in Auburn, Alabama from August 16-18, 2016.

Various sectors of the \'Fish and Processing Industries\' will be represented at the exhibition, which will take place October 10-14, 2016. Exhibits in the Fish Pavilion will include \'Raw Materials,\' \'Ingredients,\' and \'Aquaculture.\'

AFIA and IFEEDER are sponsoring a symposium at the Joint Annual Meeting of ASAS – ADSA – CSAS – WSASAS in Salt Lake City. The symposium, titled “Development of A Hazard Analysis for Animal Food Performed for Compliance with the Federal Food Safety Modernization Act,” will be held on July 21st from 2:00 – 5:00 pm.

LACQUA 2016 will be held at the Sheraton Convention Centre in Lima, Peru November 28 – December 1, 2016. Deadline to submit papers is June 15, 2016.

Over 800 industry professionals, researchers and academics from across the world are expected to attend the 7th edition of the biennial World Nutrition Forum, hosted by BIOMIN and scheduled to take place from October 12 to 15 2016 in Vancouver, Canada. In addition to sessions on poultry and swine, an aquaculture session will include presentations by renowned aquaculture researchers.

The Asian-Pacific Aquaculture (APA 2016) Conference and Exposition was held April 26-29, 2016, at the Grand City Convention Centre in Surabaya, Indonesia. In total, 719 abstracts with 465 oral presentations and 254 posters were presented at the event, which was attended by approximately 6,000 participants from 51 countries.

The World Aquaculture Society is now accepting abstracts and registration for the ‘Aquaculture America 2017’ conference in San Antonio (February 19-22, 2017) and the ‘World Aquaculture 2017’ conference in Cape Town (June 26-30, 2017).

The Global Aquaculture Alliance\'s annual GOAL conference will be held September 19-22 in Guangzhou, China. Registration is now open, and the program has just been released.

The FIAAP/VICTAM/GRAPAS Asia 2016 event took place from March 29–31 within Halls 103 and 104 of the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre.

The ICFA–2016 will take place August 24-25, 2016 in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Abstracts invited.