Researchers in China looked at the inclusion of chitosan in tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) diets and found that it enhanced growth.

Researchers in China looked at the inclusion of chitosan in tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) diets and found that it enhanced growth.

Researchers in have determined positive effects from supplementing shrimp diets (Penaeus vannamei) with sodium salts (formate, acetate, lactate, propionate, butyrate, fumarate, succinate and citrate).

Construction of the new BioMar-Sagun fish feed factory in Turkey has started

In the last few years, the number of aquaculture feed mills in Vietnam using US soybean meal in aquaculture feed production has risen, as USSEC continues to provide technical information and support.

USSEC and the US Grains Council (USGC), US. Agency for International Development (USAID), and Foreign Agriculture Service USDA, jointly organized the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Aquaculture Industry Summit from June 2-4, 2015 in Singapore.

Cermaq Canada has just become North America’s first salmon farming company to have achieved ASC certification for multiple farms.

Scientists have found that the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil may restore nerve damage in patients suffering from diabetic neuropathy.

The ability to measure density and other properties in single pellets won the French company the coveted Aquafeed Innovation Award 2015

NOFIMA\\\'s head of research Robin Ørnsrud, looks at developments in the feeding of farmed salmon, that provide a unique opportunity to produce safe and healthy food.

SeaWeb and Diversified Communications are seeking proposals for presentations at the next Seafood Summit, to be held 1-3 February 2016, in St Julian’s, Malta. Under the theme of “Advancing Solutions in Sustainable Seafood”, there will be a session on the role of aquaculture feed. The deadline for proposals is July 17, 2015.

The AwF Women’s Network decided to break with the regular Woman of the Month Award for June and to dedicate the month's award to Paula Kantor, who made the ultimate sacrifice in her untiring efforts with WorldFish on the gender transformative approach, particularly through work in Bangladesh and Zambia.

Shen Long Bio Tech International, Vietnam’s fourth largest shrimp feed company, recently expanded its second feed mill in Long An Province at a cost of US$15 million. The new facility will allow the creation of 500 new jobs.

The American Feed Industry Association has sent a letter to the House of Representatives, urging members to vote \"yes\" for Trade Promotion Authority, arguing that \"TPA is key to successfully negotiating trade agreements vital to the growth of the US animal food industry.\"

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the new menhaden harvest limits during a visit on June 4, 2015, to Omega Protein, the largest menhaden fishmeal producer in the USA.

The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) launched its first sustainability report at the World Ocean Summit on June 5th 2015, to demonstrate members’ strong commitment to continuous improvement in the sustainability of their operations.

Two of Cargill's feed mills, Cargill de Honduras S. de R. L. and Cargill de Nicaragua S.A., recently earned Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification. They are the first feed mills outside Chile to achieve this status, as well as being Cargill’s first feed mills to attain BAP certification.

Production of fish and shrimp aquafeed in India in 2014 is estimated at 1.25 million tonnes from the 25 major feed companies. The country’s smaller local feed mills produced a further 0.25 million tonnes. Shrimp news gives the low down on the growth of the industry.

Dr. Steven Hart is to join The Global Aquaculture Alliance as vice president of education and outreach, effective June 29.

NRGene, in cooperation with scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and the University of Illinois, has mapped the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) genome using its DeNovoMAGICTM big data genome assembly tool.