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.

Fisheries supplying Omega Protein\'s marine ingredients products have been recognised for their sustainability in a recent report from the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.

Ridley Aquafeed is set to launch a commercial prawn feed, Perform Plus NoCatch, containing no wild-caught fish.

Ministries and agencies in Vietnam are to probe the implementation of prices, tax and competition between foreign-invested companies producing and trading feed for shrimp and fish.

Whilst typical fishmeal used for farm-raised shrimp costs around USD 2,500 per metric tonne, cottonseed at USD 300 per metric tonne could be a cost-saving alternative, if productivity measures up.

Investment is needed to scale up algae oil production to meet the demand from aquaculture, according to Leslie van der Meulen, chair of the Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s.

The European Food Safety Authority has announced its opinion on the production and consumption of insects as food and feed.

Cargill’s deal to buy EWOS sees the company enter the salmon feed business and expand its presence in global aquaculture.

rnA ground-breaking project to provide freshly processed, superior quality krill oil direct from the sea to the market, is nearing its final stages.

American Feed Industry Association President and CEO Joel G. Newman is to serve as elected chairman of the International Feed Industry Federation for 2016-17.

In a move that has surprised the international aquaculture sector and would constitute a reverse takeover under the AIM rules, UK-listed Benchmark Holdings has confirmed its potential acquisition of Dutch-based Inve Aquaculture Holding.

The Norwegian National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research, shows how ingredients from the marine environment can be alternatives to fishmeal and fish oil.

Aqua-Spark, an Investment Fund for Sustainable Aquaculture, is helping pave the way towards a more sustainable, clean and healthy aquaculture industry through its first investments into a fishmeal replacement and a vertically integrated African fish farm.

South Africa-based Oceana, which deals in fish oil and fishmeal, plans to invest $13 million in two new facilities in Angola and Namibia.

Researchers at Ctaqua Technology Centre have spent the past two years developing acoustic techniques to boost feeding processes in marine aquaculture facilities.

Foreign investors, mostly from Norway, are taking notice of the developing potential of the aquaculture industry in Kenya, now that the government has launched a robust strategic plan.

Following five years of negotiations, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership reached a trade agreement on October 4 that will in part eliminate or significantly reduce tariffs for agriculture products, deter non-science based sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, eliminate export subsidies, support jobs and drive sustainable growth.

The White House issued comments from President Obama yesterday (6.10.15), following his meeting with agriculture and business leaders at USDA to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership.