Various trade media reported last week that CP Prima is no longer engaged in shrimp farming. In a press release, George Basoeki, Head of Corporate Communication, PT Central Proteina Prima TBK (CP Prima), explained the company\'s significant involvement in shrimp farming activities.

The ocean waters a few miles off the San Diego coast are perfectly suited for large-scale, sustainable, environmentally friendly aquaculture at a time when the world would really benefit from large-scale, sustainable, environmentally friendly aquaculture.ut here’s the kicker: The Rose Canyon fish farm is unlikely to begin operations for several years or more – and maybe not even then. At a time when overfishing in oceans around the world is a giant problem, how can a wonderful project with a huge upside have such a daunting path to completion?

The worlds first commercial waste to protein fly farm is nearing completion in Cape Town, South Africa and by ‘herd size’ will be the largest farming operation on the planet. As part of its commitment to ongoing research and development in the emerging nutrient recycling industry, AgriProtein Group has launched an initial five year R&D program to drive its ongoing process improvement work as well as to spearhead research for the group globally. Dr Christo Wiese, one of Africa’s leading entrepreneurs and business people attended the opening of the US$1 million R&D initiative.

Aquafeed.com talked to Dr. Benetti, to learn what he meant when he commented on the problem with aquafeeds for tropical marine fish at a recent USEEC meeting.

A project by private funders and supervised by the local authorities is setting up fish farms in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to meet Gazans\' demand for fish. Gaza’s entire western border is on the Mediterranean Sea, but it lacks fish such as bream and mullet because of Israeli restrictions on fishermen.

The construction of the new BioMar-Sagun aquaculture feedmill in Turkey is underway. The new factory will be located in Söke about 75 kilometers South East of Izmir and construction is expected to be finished towards the end of the year

\"... fish have a lower environmental impact than beef and pork, and adding even small portions of fish to a meal can also raise the amount of nutrients in a person\'s diet. And fish don\'t have to consume much feed to produce something edible, as opposed to the heavy diets of farm animals...\"

Leading aquaculture companies in Latin America and the Caribbean advised to make their own feed.

On May 4, 2015, the USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that it rejected 51 shipments [entry lines] of shrimp in April 2015 because they were contaminated with banned antibiotics. These data continue to show an unprecedented initiative by the agency to address the continued use of antibiotics by shrimp farmers in Asia.

The Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Research Hub (ARC ITRH) for Advanced Prawn Breeding has received $4.9 million from the Federal Government to undertake research leading to a significant boost in the productivity of the Australian prawn industry.

China’s God Bless Tilapia Bao Fang Farm is Asia’s first aquaculture operation, and the third worldwide, to enroll in the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s new iBAP program,a step-by-step, deadline-driven improvement plan toward BAP certification.

Acadia Harvest wins $1 million in grants and a \'seal of approval\' for its plan to raise the prized yellowtail commercially at an indoor fish farm in Maine.

Once again, the magazine that’s really good at deciding which flat-screen TV or tube of toothpaste is the best value for the money is trying to tell American consumers what they should not be eating, and once again they haven’t done the best job.

Newly formed Masan Nutri-Science has two operating companies, Proconco and Anco. 2014 combined sale volume reached over 1.7 million tons, covering pig, poultry and cow feed as well as aquafeed.

California, USA-based sustainable life science firm Calysta, Inc. has announced plans to launch a proven new fish feed ingredient that can reduce the aquaculture industry’s reliance on fish stocks sourced from the world’s oceans. FeedKind™ Protein is expected to be introduced to the Scottish and Norwegian aquaculture sectors in 2018.

The ash fall from the Calbuco volcano eruption dealt a blow to local salmon fisheries, with companies moving millions of their fry and smolt stocks out of fear of getting smothered by volcanic debris. Some 20 million fish are estimated to have died.

Raw fish as a category is bottom of the class in meeting food safety standards globally, according to a British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standards report. Most of the sites which fell into the raw fish category were based in China, Vietnam and the UK.

trū Shrimp™ Systems, a brand of Ralco, signs agreement for global rights to Texas A&M University super-intensiv shrimp raceway system

The Ministry of Production announces another fishing suspension to allow juvenile growth.

Independent Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board will have final say on future fish farm sites