George Lockwood, author of \"AQUACULTURE:Will it rise to its potential to feed the world?\" recently sent copies of his book to Secretary Wilbur Ross of Commerce, Sec. Sonny Perdue of Agriculture, and Administrator Linda McMahon of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Along with each book, he included a letter and memorandum \"Federal government actions\" that itemizes actions necessary to develop a robust aquaculture industry in the United States. 

WorldFish will lead the new CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agrifood Systems (FISH) aiming to assist 3.5 million people to exit poverty and reducing the number of people suffering from deficiencies in essential micronutrients by 2.4 million. FISH will focus on the three interlinked challenges of sustainable aquaculture, small-scale fisheries (SSF), and enhancing the contribution of fish to nutrition and health of the poor in priority geographies of Africa and Asia-Pacific. FISH aims to achieve six primary outcomes, including Adoption of improved breeds, aquafeeds, fish health and aquaculture and fisheries management practices by 5.0m households.

Tru Shrimp wants to run a hatchery that supports a network of facilities that grow shrimp. The company hopes others will invest in \"harbors,\" or farms, and that Tru Shrimp will process, market and sell them into American consumer packaged goods and food service markets. A big plus for the company and the region\'s farmers is that over 45 percent of the shrimp diet is \"soybean-related.\" \"And we are very proud of the fact that we are the first ever to be able to feed corn to shrimp. It\'s never really been done before. We are now up to 300 pounds from every ton of feed that is corn.\"

Sashimi derived from yellowtail fed a diet containing a novel fishmeal replacement has passed a consumer taste test with flying colors. The trial was conducted by KnipBio along with its collaborator Kampachi Farms, and involved samples of yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana) that had been fed diets containing up to 7.5% of the microbe-derived KnipBio Meal (KBM). “With premium sashimi, there’s no hiding even small differences in taste or texture. These exciting results therefore make us confident that KBM can serve as a suitable replacement for fishmeal.\"

KnipBio, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, has developed a series of microbes that converts low-cost feedstocks into premium, nutritious, single-cell proteins that are an alternative to fishmeal in aquaculture. Its fermentation process yields a protein flour that is laden with immunity-boosting, pigment-enhancing carotenoids to produce healthier, more vibrant fish. Ethanol is one potential feedstock of the multiple streams that serve as nutrition for the KnipBio microorganisms. All forms of ethanol are being evaluated, including hydrous, neat and beer.

The report summarizes status and trends of aquaculture development in North America for the period 2010– 2015 and concentrates on activities in Canada and the United States of America. The main market for feeds in North America is for finfish. Recent developments have focused on using less fishmeal in feed products, and aquaculture companies are careful to promote advances on this front. Restricting fishmeal and oil to diets used for broodstock, larval and final-stage feeding can reduce the ratio, as can replacement of forage fish sources with trimming wastes, plant or even microbial or algal sources.

Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) working in the aquaculture supply chain in the Scottish Highlands and Islands can now apply to a £1 million innovation fund. The 30-month pilot program Accelerating Aquaculture Innovation (AAI) offers SMEs the opportunity of match funding to help commercialize innovative new processes, products, services or technologies. “The full range of projects, from £25,000 to £1 million, will be considered. Where applications are successful, the AAI program could typically provide up to half the project cost.\"

Hi-Tech Trout Feed Mill, first of its kind in the country, has come up at a cost of Rs 11.40 crore at Manasbal in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal. Officials said that High Tech Trout Feed Mill Manasbal, constructed in the premises of National Fish Seed Farm, Manasbal, has been completed by expending Rs 11.40 crore. They said that it is the first High Tech Trout Feed Mill in Valley established with modern technology where quality feed for the trout fishes to be produced. “Over 41.03 lakh seeds of different varieties of Carp fish were distributed during 2016-2017.”

Although Việt Nam’s shrimp production has the potential to become the country’s spearhead economy, the sector is facing small-scale production challenges and shrimp breeding stock limitation. Among 1,800 shrimp breeding stock production bases nationwide, quite a few fail to meet quality and biological safety criteria, the result of poor breeding stock quality management.

Most landings in Chile are small pelagic species, with anchovy as the main species. During the past ten years, Chilean fishmeal and fish oil production has declined from approximately 800.000 tonnes in 2006 to approximately 230.000 tonnes estimated for 2016. Chile is the largest producer globally of large trout and coho and the second largest producer globally of salmonids behind Norway.

Competitors in the third Fish 2.0 business competition for sustainable seafood are a diverse group of global, innovative businesses. This year’s competition criteria is focused heavily on wild fisheries and supply chain innovation in most geographies, with aquaculture innovations highlighted mainly in Southeast Asia and on the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts of the U.S. “The businesses all have promising approaches and innovative technologies. It’s good news for the seafood industry that so many new ventures are emerging to improve sustainability and to create products and services that both consumers and seafood buyers will love.”

ENSO-neutral persisted during April, with near-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) observed across the central equatorial Pacific and above-average SSTs in the eastern Pacific. Most models predict the onset of El Niño during the Northern Hemisphere summer.

A team from China is leading five other teams from around the world at the midpoint in the F3 Challenge. Contestants are using everything from insects to algae as a base to develop a fish-free aquaculture feed. The winning team must demonstrate that their fishless fish food is a viable, cost-competitive alternative to conventional fish-based feed. Guangdong Evergreen Feed Industry Co., Ltd is in first place with 53,815 metric tons of feed sold, and the team comprised of Myanmar-based Htoo Thit Co. and global animal nutrition company Biomin is in second place with 29,600 metric tons sold to date.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies Canada has received a Certificate of GAP – Good Animal Practice® from the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) for its aquaculture research facility located in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The globally recognized CCAC Certificate of GAP – Good Animal Practice® recognizes the Center for Aquaculture Technologies Canada for the quality of their animal ethics and care in science program.  

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries reminds the processing sector that pelagic species that are suitable for human consumption, which have not reached their sexual maturity or are in a closed period, can not be used in fishmeal processes and its derivatives by fishing companies engaged in this activity. \"The Measure of Fisheries Regulation and Management seeks to protect populations that experience great impact due to misuse or improper resource capture. It is necessary to respect the regulations, because through them we can promote the food sovereignty of our country,].\"

A new doctorate from Nofima has demonstrated that marine omega 3 fatty acids are necessary in feed to protect the good health of farmed salmon. In the PhD thesis, salmon are fed feed containing 0 to 2 percent EPA and DHA from the beginning of feeding until they reach a harvest weight of 4 kilograms. The experiments showed that 1 percent EPA and DHA in the feed, a level that has previously been viewed as the required level, is too low for salmon to maintain good health in a demanding environment in pens at sea. The lowest level of omega 3 fatty acids in feed led to structural changes in the intestine and spine, as well as to higher mortalities after sea lice treatment in high seawater temperatures.

Scientists have managed to successfully breed blue cod for the first time, a milestone that will support the development of a new aquaculture industry for New Zealand. Around 2000 hatchlings have been raised, most of which are now around 5 to 7cm long. The team have been studying both the parents and the hatchlings to determine how they respond to stocking densities, population structure, light, water temperature and different food sources, to develop the best protocol for raising the fish at Plant & Food Research’s new fish hatchery in Nelson.

Producers of alternative proteins and oils will need new strategies to help bridge the years of (potentially) lower prices ahead. “After three years of low Peruvian anchovy harvests, the supply of fishmeal and fish oil has considerably improved due to the absence of El Niño. High prices have also softened.\"

A study headed by Norwegian scientists that examined 300 children and breastfeeding women in Bhaktapur in Nepal found good levels of the marine omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA in both mothers and children. This finding is very surprising since Bhaktapur is nearly 1,000 kilometres away from the ocean. \"It was very surprising. We thought that since the Nepalese do not have fish as a source of omega-3, their levels of the marine fatty acids DHA and EPA would be low. But that was not the case.\"

At Aquafeed Horizons 2017 (June, 13, Cologne, Germany,) Scott Vallette will introduce three opportunities for processing efficiencies in drying that can both ensure sustainability and improve bottom line profits