Peru\'s ministry of production, has just announced that the North Central region of the Peruvian sea will open for a second anchovy fishing season.

BioMar has launched EFICO Exia, its new extruded grower feed range for shrimp, in Central America.

New Global Energy Inc hosted two leading aquaculture experts from Cargill\'s newly acquired EWOS Group at its farm in Coachella Valley last week to discuss how Moringa might be used to replace soy.

Rabobank analyst Gorjan Nikolik believes that changing trends in the aquaculture market and the possible future scarcity of fishmeal, could see it move from a commodity to a strategic ingredient vital for fish farming, with a premium price.

OCEANA announced this week that it will no longer close down its controversial fishmeal factory in Hout Bay. Its 98 workers are celebrating the news as a victory.

A USSEC aquaculture team from Myanmar have attended an extrusion technology short course at the Food Protein Research & Development Center at Texas A & M University.

The University of Tasmania has opened a $6.5 million aquaculture research facility at Taroona, co-sponsored by Skretting Australia.

Salmon farmers in British Columbia are taking further steps towards increasing the availability of information on farming practices and key areas of public interest, including feed production, by publishing a Sustainability Progress Report, released at GOAL 2015 in Vancouver.

Dr Neil Auchterlonie has been named as the new Technical Director for IFFO, and takes over from Dr Andy Jackson in the new year.

A federal judge has denied Syngenta’s request to move forward with an appeal while the larger lawsuit regarding sales of genetically engineered corn continues.

A recent discovery in the aquaculture industry may soon make camelina oil a highly sought alternative for fish feed.

The American Soybean Association, as an active member of the Soy Aquaculture Alliance, took part in a series of meetings to promote domestic marine aquaculture in Washington recently.

Shrimp thrive on sea urchin pellets alone — they grow large fast and stay healthy, in many cases, they exceeded the growth rate of shrimp fed commercial feed, researchers say.

European Union plans to focus more effort on the development and growth of the region\'s aquaculture industry were spelt out by the EU\'s director of bio-economy, John Bell, at the opening of the Aquaculture Europe 2015 event in Rotterdam in The Netherlands on Wednesday, October 21. And his message was loud and clear - aquaculture is set to become a major growth area Europe.

The latest ENSO news reveals that the strong El Niño is expected to last until at least the end of the year before declining in the first quarter of 2016, however the positive Indian Ocean Dipole is expected to decay earlier, in November 2015.

USSEC has launched the first aquaculture feed formulation database which lists 293 different ingredients for more than 20 different species group.

Syngenta AG has withdrawn applications to grow two genetically-modified varieties of corn in the EU in the latest sign that more than a decade of consumer and government opposition to engineered seeds is leading producers to write the region off as a viable market.

Individual EU countries should not be allowed to decide to ban GM food and feed products, Environment Committee MEPs decided this week.

SERNAPESCA reports that since the report of the seizure of more than 7,500 metric tons (MT) of fishmeal without proof of legal origin, found in five storage facilities linked to the marketer Salmones Chile SA, and processed by Bahia Coronel SA, it has been subjected to constant harassment and pressure from agents and leaders linked to the fishing activity.

An exploratory fishing operation to determine the size of anchovy off the coast of Peru will get underway this month. The result will determine whether a second season can open.