Ingredients are always changing due mainly to availability or costs, but there are also variations in ingredient quality. As many aquatic feeds move towards the use of vegetable and other novel ingredients, the extrusion task at hand is to maintain quality at the higher production rates with lower levels of starch inclusion. When pushing the limits on all boundaries the process becomes a challenge

The 6th Offshore Mariculture Conference has moved dates to September 21–24, 2015. The conference, being held in conjunction with Inapesca and Sepesca,and now with a side session by the FAO, will take place at the Marina Coral Hotel in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

2016 is the 25th Anniversary of VIctam Asia. \"It seems amazing that the very first Victam Asia event was held in an hotel car park here in Bangkok in 1991\"\' Henk van de Bunt, General Manager, Victam International BV said. \"The event was of course much, much smaller than our current shows in BITEC and in those days not so many people came, in fact less than one thousand AND our exhibitors were happy and demanded that we repeat the whole thing again and now here we are talking about a show in 2016!\"

Traditionally, feed formulation tools have primarily focused on nutrition and resource allocation decisions as the driver for their output. Issues that affect the actual manufacturing of the feeds designed by these tools have been difficult to adequately incorporate. These issues include weighing constraints, effects of ingredients on quality, throughput and energy use and silo availability.

There is less than a week left to take advantage of the early registration discount for the 8th Aquafeed Horizons Conference, taking place June 9th 2015. in Cologne, Germany.

In order to better assist its members with U.S. Food and Drug Administration feed mill inspection compliance, the American Feed Industry Association will host a webcast on \"Preparing for FDA: Before, During and After an Inspection,\" April 14, at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

The Best aquaculture Practices Division (BAP) of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) invites new auditor candidates and returning auditors requiring refresher training to attend a Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Auditor Training Course in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, from May 10 to 16, 2015.

The full agenda for Aquafeed Horizons has been published, and with less than three weeks to the deadline for Early Bird registration, sign-ups are coming in fast.

This event includes the Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 2015, Fenacam 2015, the South American Regional Aquaculture 2015, XII intl Shrimp Farming Symposium, IX International Aquaculture Symposium and the 3rd Tilapia Economic Forum

The first European Aquaculture event in the Netherlands will attract all Aquaculture experts from around Europe – Shellfish, Freshwater species, Marine species, etc. Find more details on the program on the first announcement.

The theme for World Aquaculture 2015 in Jeju is ‘Aquaculture for Healthy People, Planet and Profit’ and is very relevant for an area which has a strong aquaculture industry, a population which has a high seafood consumption and is home to a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Plenary speakers for the event have been chosen specifically to cover the theme in their presentations.

With over 100 abstracts received and more than 30 sponsors confirmed, the first edition of the Middle East Aquaculture Forum, Dubai, 5-6 April 2015 promises to be an exciting platform for Middle East Aquaculture experts.

Addcon, Biorigin and Phytobiotics have announced that seven internationally renowned speakers will present and discuss their ideas on how consumer demand drives sustainable aquaculture in Asia.

Experts and industry insiders from around the world are aligning their schedules for one event: the Alltech REBELation exploring innovation, inspiration and world-changing ideas in Lexington, Ky., USA, from May 17-20. Now in its 31st year, Alltech’s annual international conference traditionally draws more than 2,000 people from 70 countries, and the opportunity to join the REBELation at an extra discount registration closes this week, March 7 at 11:59 p.m. EST, at which point the standard early registration rate will apply.

The American Feed Industry Association will host a Safe Feed/Safe Food webinar April 7, at 2 p.m. EST, to discuss its recent certification program updates. The webinar - coordinated by the Safe Quality Food Institute - will address the major changes to the FSC36 Safe Feed/Safe Food guidance document, how the changes will impact facilities and the purpose behind the newly revised guidance document.

Many feed producers are not aware they should comply with the new classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) regulation and underestimate the impact it will have on their organization. Adifo, developer of feed formulation software, is hosting a free online webinar to share the pitfalls of the new CLP regulation and how to avoid them.

The 8th in the series of international conferences for aquafeed professionals, Aquafeed Horizons, returns to the Koelnmesse with an outstanding program of talks by industry professionals and leading-edge practical researchers. The focus of this year’s conference will be the interplay of ingredients and processing, with a close look at new ingredients being introduced to aquafeed formulations.

Aquaculture’s important role in the Asian animal proteins market will receive special recognition at the VIV Asia 2015 trade show in Thailand from March 11 - 13. Aquatic is a Special Event at VIV Asia for the aquaculture sector, featuring exhibitors who have developed innovative products for the sustainable farming of fish and shrimp. The Aquatic Conference highlights sustainable aquaculture.

USAID and Kasersart University will be hosting a regional workshop March 9, 2015 in Bangkok,Thailand, as part of a series of training-of-trainers, on Promotion of Improved On-Farm Shrimp Feed Management Practices. The workshop will present the main findings and results of the training-of trainers and provide shrimp feed manufacturers within the region with recent advances in feed ingredient use, feed manufacturing technology and use of feed additives.

The workshop will be devoted to a series of lectures and discussions that will be delivered primarily by Dr. Albert GJ Tacon and invited speakers. It will focus on practical aspects of on-farm shrimp feed management, and in particular on how existing on-farm feed management practices within the target countries of the project can be further improved so as to reduce shrimp production costs to the shrimp farmers as well as future directions of shrimp nutrition & feed development in the Philippines.