Researchers have found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in seven species of sharks and one redfish species captured in waters off Massachusetts, Florida, Louisiana and Belize. Most of these wild, free-swimming fish harbored several drug-resistant bacterial strains. The study, published in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in every fish species sampled.

According to a recent Cargill Animal Nutrition survey, U.S. consumers recognize there are more health benefits associated with eating fish and seafood compared to taking fish oil supplements. Consumers understand that the health benefits of fish, the world\'s fastest growing protein source, outweigh that of fish oil supplements, despite their popularity.

New research has revealed that half of the world’s farmed fish have hearing loss due to a deformity of the earbone.

ISIS is now in control of fish farms in hundreds of lakes north of Baghdad, according to Iraqi judicial authorities. The fish farms are generating millions of dollars per month, officials say.

Sponsored by The Fishin’ Company, the BAP certification of two hatcheries and one feed mill, from which it sources fingerlings and feed, will boost availability of four-star BAP tilapia from China.

The research and education arms of the American Feed Industry Association and National Grain and Feed Association are partnering to finance a major project that will help animal feed, feed ingredient and pet food facilities cost-effectively comply with a core requirement of the Food and Drug Administration\'s final rules implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has released Terms of Reference (ToR) for the development of new marine finfish standards. The ToR advocates the development of standards for new marine finfish species based on the soon to be released standard for seriola and cobia.

Bob Rosenberry, founder of Shrimp News International, announced his retirement. His website has already been taken down. Bob has been a fixture in the industry in the 40 years he has been writing bout shrimp farming and aquaculture.

A long-awaited strategy to expand the aquaculture industry in Queensland may have been widely welcomed, but prawn and fish farmers say they\'re yet to see the detail.

Australia\'s fisheries may be in for a big boost if scientists\' work pays off. It is commonly believed that oysters can play \"a certain role\" in affairs of the heart. What people might find harder to imagine is that the creatures have a heartbeat of their own and that Australian research scientists are working on an ambitious project to measure it.

The trial will test whether GM Camelina sativa plants are able to make significant quantities of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) and astaxanthin in the seed of the plant under field conditions, with aquafeed in view.

Venezuela\'s president, Nicolas Maduro, this week signed an agreement with the Association of Shrimp Producers of the West (ASOPROCO), which will allow for 50,000 tons of shrimp feed per year to be imported into the country.

At the 194th FEFAC Council meeting on 22 April, following the XXVII FEFAC Congress in Antalya, the delegates adopted the FEFAC 2030 vision for the Animal Feed Industry. The vision outlines the role of the feed industry as a knowledge-driven, highly-skilled and reliable partner to a sustainable, competitive EU livestock sector.

Prolific researcher and writer Dr. Claude E. Boyd, 76, is officially retiring from Auburn after more than 50 years of studying, researching and teaching aquaculture, most of them at the Alabama institution. He will continue in his role for the next two years to see his five remaining graduate students through the program, so it’ll be a “soft” retirement for the hard-working Mississippi native.

On the occasion of the XXVII FEFAC Congress in Antalya, Alain Guillaume and Jaime Piçarre were elected Honorary Members.

As we consider resource utilization in our future food supply, quite clearly salmon offers the promise of producing a lot more food with a lot less input. This makes sense. For a few reasons, fish are the most efficient of farm animals. They don’t use any energy to maintain their body temperature as land animals must. Another energy benefit for fish is that they don’t spend calories working against gravity. Furthermore, the freedom from gravity also removes the need to spend energy building a bone structure to support their weight. So, we eat a much greater fraction of a small-boned fish than we do from large-boned land animals.

Control Union, the Netherlands-based global certification services provider, has acquired a minority shareholding in MacAlister Elliott & Partners Ltd (MEP) and ME Certification Ltd (MEC) in a move that will enhance its presence in fisheries and aquaculture certification. The new partnership will see all three companies working together to offer global services in fisheries and aquaculture.

A much vaunted budget measure that was intended at addressing the environmental impact of fish farms in Maltese waters, was never implemented after lobbyists for the multi-million business weighed in. In its Budget 2015, the government had announced the introduction of a levy of 10c per kilogramme of feed used in fish farms to address the industry’s environmental impact.

Scotland’s largest container port, Port of Grangemouth, has opened a 50,000 sq.ft. warehouse development for EWOS Cargill Aqua Nutrition Scotland.

Residual products from shrimp shells are becoming a million dollar industry – through a dietary supplement that has blood pressure lowering effect.