Aquafeed producer Thailuxe Enterprises is planning to invest more than Bt600 million (USD 17.2 million) to expand into the energy business next year, whilst its revenue continues to grow at a rate of 40 percent in the aquafeed market.

The requirement for animal protein in Ghana, particularly tilapia, is very high. In order to meet demand, a number of bottlenecks need to be solved, related to feed, fingerlings and knowledge.

Swiss-based DSM Nutritional Products Ltd and German company Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, have entered into a joint development agreement for algae-based omega-3 fatty acid products for animal nutrition, particularly for aquaculture and pet food applications.

In a webcasted panel debate, FEFAC President Ruud Tijssens (also representing FEDIOL and COCERAL), DG SANTE acting Director General Ladislav Miko and COM ENVI chairman and EP rapporteur Giovanni La Via (EPP, IT) discussed the “opt out” proposal for the use of GM food and feed imports and its impact on the EU strategic raw material supply

Aquafeed companies Biomar and Skretting have published the full lists of fisheries that they use for sourcing along with data on sustainability.

NIFES, the Norwegian National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research, has demonstrated the potential for insect meal as a suitable protein source for Atlantic salmon.

Ocean HarvestTechnology, an Irish seaweed business that makes bioactive formulas for agriculture and aquaculture feeds, has just raised €1.4m from private investors to increase its production of functional feed ingredients five-fold.

Nutreco N.V. and Oxfam Novib have joined up in Nigeria to launch a one-year pilot project to promote sustainable fish farming for smallholder farmers, to meet the government’s desire to encourage domestic production.

The National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA) has identified 20 million hectares with high potential for aquaculture development in Mexico.

Cargill today announced a joint venture with Naturisa to build a USD $30 million shrimp feed facility near Guayaquil. The transaction involves the construction of a new world-class shrimp feed mill that will produce 130,000 metric tons annually and employ 260 people when the facility is fully operational in 2017.

An investigation by the Agronomy School of University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA) shows that use of enzymes in fish feed improves the efficiency of nitrogen and phosphorus retention in fish, thereby reducing the discharge of these nutrients to the aquatic environment.

Oregon State University researchers have patented a new strain of the red marine algae dulse, a favourite food of abalone, which is fast growing, high in protein, and tastes like bacon!

Fishery and aquaculture product exports from Chile fell by nearly 15 percent in the first four months of this year, according to the latest Sector Report on Fisheries and Aquaculture issued by SUBPESCA.

There is a greater than 90% chance that El Niño will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2015-16, and around an 80% chance it will last into early spring 2016, say climatologists at the Climate Prediction Center.

IFFO has welcomed the ASC’s Responsible Feed Standard consultation as a welcome opportunity to comment on the proposals, which form a wide ranging and demanding standard encompassing environmental impacts, social and welfare requirements, energy usage and other criteria.

IFFO has endorsed its partner organisation GOED’s response to a Washington Post and subsequent articles, which call into question the health benefits of taking omega-3s.

Montana researchers claim to have developed a wheat variety resistant to wheat midge, which has caused millions of dollars’ worth of damage to the State’s billion-dollar wheat industry.

Cape Verdean company OJFP, which processes the fish waste of fish canner Frescomar, has invested USD 1.2 million in new equipment to keep up with growth at the factory, following the installation of its new production line for canned tuna.

Indian seafood production has been growing at the rate of four per cent per annum since 2012, and the country’s aquafeed demand is predicted to reach 7 million tonnes by 2017-18.

New research shows that as the world’s waters acidify because of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, the pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) could become smaller and less likely to survive.