Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) mollusc farm standards have been released for a 60-day public comment period from December 7 2015.

The National Institute of Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP) has signed a cooperation agreement with Núcleo Alimentos MDQ SRL, to look at the performance of its high quality fishmeal in the diet of marine fish.

Trials undertaken by BioMar and Nofima have found that adding krill to fish feed can reduce the incidence of dark melanin spots in fish fillets.

Cargill has obtained Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000 for the manufacturing process of its Empyreal animal food ingredient product.

Marine Harvest\'s proposed new fish feed factory will supply the company\'s Irish, Scottish and Faroese operations.

Bühler Aeroglide, a global leader in thermal process engineering and technology for food, feed, and industrial materials, has appointed Joe Tordella Area Sales Manager for North America.

EFSA’s redesigned website has just gone live. The launch is the culmination of a comprehensive rebuild grounded in extensive user research, which its designers hope will make it more user-friendly and more useful.

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) in Indonesia, is encouraging producers to use local materials to produce fishmeal, to make the most of the country’s rich natural resource.

Olam International is expanding its grains business to include fish feed mills in Nigeria.

Waterbase Limited, one of India’s leading manufacturers of high-quality shrimp feed, has launched a new generation feed formulated with the essential nutrients required for producing healthy shrimp.

The latest El Niño /Southern Oscillation (ENSO) diagnostic discussion issued by the Climate Prediction Center/NCEP/NWS and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society is now available.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week new inspection standards for catfish before it can be sold as food. The new rules stem from a congressional mandate and are the result of a long battle to protect domestic catfish producers from dumping by Southeast Asian nations not growing channel catfish.

The US Soybean Export Council (USSEC) organized its first Middle Eastern Aqua Investment Conference in November, in a bid to convince the region’s aquafeed producers of the merits of using soy in extruded feeds.

USSEC participated in the Feeds.Pro conference in St Petersburg, Russia in November, organised by the Sfera Company as a follow-up to the June 2015 World Soy Feeds Congress. USSEC was asked to discuss two hot topics; alternative feed ingredients and fish feed formulations.

Exalmar’s financial statements to 30 September 2015 show a drop in revenue and profits, which reflects the effect of a zero quota in the 2014 second season and delays in sales as a result of market conditions.

Tributes have been paid to Guy Mace, the former MD of BioMar and one of the pioneers of the Scottish aquaculture industry, who passed away peacefully at his home in Fife last week at the age of 65.

Two aqua farmers in Vijayawada, India, have been arrested after collecting waste from chicken shops and serving it as feed to their fish.

A study at Prince of Songkhla University has shown that “Silica+” (silicon dioxide produced by the Ceresco Nutrition Company) allows the reduction of fish meal in shrimp feed from 15% to 7.5%.

Dr. Kevan Main, senior scientist at Mote Marine Laboratory, is leading a study to develop more sustainable fish feed for aquaculture, using mullet byproducts, as part of a Healthy Earth-Gulf Coast project.

A farm demonstration in Ecuador has shown better yield, survival rates and feed conversion, in shrimp provided with feed that includes natural additives to combat bacterial and viral pathogens and unfavorable microflora.