The Multi-sector Committee in charge of the National Study of El Niño estimates a 55 percent probability that this weather phenomenon will become strong or extraordinary, with similar events to those observed in the summers of 1982-1983 and 1997-1998, during El Niño.

The World Aquaculture Society is planning to re-launch its journal for Aquaculture 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA and is seeking nominations for the editorial board.

The Peruvian Government has issued a legislative decree approving the General Aquaculture Act, which aims to \"promote, develop and regulate aquaculture in its various production phases in marine, estuarine and continental environments.\"

Following the signing of a joint-venture agreement between the BioMar Group and Chinese Tongwei, BioMar has appointed Dr Niels Alsted as the first Vice President for BioMar\'s new Asia market.

An Inquiry into the Northern Australian aquaculture industry has heard evidence that prawn farms pose no environmental risk to estuary or reef ecosystems.

Wuhan Chia Tai Group（known as CP Group) Aquatic Products Co., ltd\'s US$2.4 million turn-key project broke ground June 6, 2014, and has begun trial production.

The first public consultation period for feedback on the ASC Responsible Feed Standard remains open until Friday September 11th.

Delegates were updated on the Ocean Forest project at AquaNor, the focus of which is the development of Intergrated Multitrophic Aquaculture on a commercial scale in Norway

Not all the effects of El Niño are negative for the Peruvian fishing industry, which is finding a greater presence of some oceanic species off the country’s coasts.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the Popular Republic of China (AQSIQ) has passed the sanitary control systems implemented by the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (SERNAPESCA) in fishmeal and fish oil plants in Chile.

Researchers from seven land-grant universities are working together to develop technology that helps catfish farmers meet rising consumer demand for catfish. They are collaborating in Multistate Research Project S-1031 \"Hybrid Catfish Production & Performance,\" which is supported, in part, through USDA\'s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

In Islamabad, Pakistan, the National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research has this week recommended to the government that duties are abolished on the import of fish feed, in order to exploit the true potential of the sector for the benefit of the country.

There is a greater than 90% chance that El Niño will continue through the 2015-16 Northern Hemisphere winter, and around an 85% chance that it will last into early spring 2016.

Pakistani fish farmers have learned the nutritional value and efficiency of using US soy as a feed ingredient for their farm-raised fish, through a program called FEEDing Pakistan.

Scientists and industry have joined forces to improve feed for commercial fish farming in order to improve protein digestibility. The aim is to reduce the impact on the aquatic environment, improve fish growth, and save the industry DKK 50 million (USD 7.6 million) per year.

The Responsible Operations Standard, a new add-on for GLOBALG.A.P.\'s Compound Feed Manufacturing Standard, puts feed mills at the forefront of sustainability

FEFAC has published the first version of its Soy Sourcing Guidelines to encourage operators in the European feed industry to purchase responsible soy.

US soybean producers and qualified state soybean board (QSSB) staff have been on a mission to Southeast Asia and China, to learn about their aquaculture industries and the potential for feed supply.

A new initiative from the GSI demonstrates its commitment to finding sustainable feed solutions to support the long-term future of the farmed salmon industry

FishEthoBase, the first database on fish ethology, has extended the feedback period for the initial three species covered, to 31 August.