The interaction of processing and ingredients is crucial in all feed production: but in fish feed there is even more opportunity for disaster - and this will be a core topic of this year\'s Aquafeed Horizons Conference. Pre-registration is required to secure your place at this popular meeting of aquafeed industry professionals and there is less than a month left to register!

Make sure of a place at the 8th Aquafeed Horizons Conference, taking place June 9th in Cologne, Germany. Pre-registration for this popular meeting is required and aquafeed manufacturers are signing up fast.

During the Workshop, technical and non-technical presentations will be given to provide an update of ongoing aquaculture drug approval research efforts as well as presentations on field use of fish drugs currently approved or in the approval process.

The International Symposium on Aquaculture Nutrition (SINA) has been held on a regular basis since 1993. To date this event has become the main forum for discussion of issues related to nutrition of aquatic organisms grown in Latin America, and has become the required biennial meeting for researchers, students, farmers and industry representatives to meet and discover the latest developments in aquaculture nutrition.

The concept of acidifiers has been successfully transferred from agriculture feed to aquaculture feed. Tilman Wilke, Product Developer, Dr. Eckel GmbH, Niederzissen, Germany, will share his experiences of some important technical and functional aspects of this transfer at Aquafeed Horizons 2015, in Cologne, Germany, on June 9th.

An hour long Nutrition session will include talks by Dr. Craig Browdy and Dr.Kangsan Mai with a panel discussion with Alltech, Biomar, Skretting, Hinter, NutriAd, Uni-President, Inve, Grobest, Cargill, LeSAffre, Ewos and Biomin.

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.