Amendments to the Soil Association draft Aquaculture Standards are out for consultation until 24 August and interested parties are invited to participate in the consultation survey and to submit comments. The Standards Board is hoping that a wide range of stakeholders will participate.

Public consultation for the new ASC Responsible Feed Standard is now open. The Standard aims to provide a means to significantly reduce the environmental and social impacts created by the production of ingredients used for aquaculture feed, and to provide an incentive and workable goals for ingredient producers who want to improve their production processes.

According to a recent article by the U.S. Grains Council, ongoing growth in the aquaculture industry encourages diversification in feed ingredients, including dried distillers grains with solubles, and presents an opportunity for U.S. DDGS producers.

From June 1st 2015 the EU will implement the new CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging) legislation for chemical mixtures including mixtures of organic acids such as mould inhibitors. As a result of this new legislation most organic acid based mould inhibitors that are sold today will be labelled as corrosive.

Calysta, an American startup based in Menlo Park, Calif., is aiming to make bacteria into feed, thus reducing the amount of animal-based proteins needed.

Chile exported fishmeal for USD 116 million between January and April 2015, a figure which shows a decrease of 0.5 per cent over the same four-month period of 2014, when USD 116.5 million was obtained.

The BioMar Group has just published a global report on sustainability, which outlines the company’s ambitious targets and shows its strong commitment over the years to developing sustainable and responsible solutions throughout its activities.

The first draft of the ASC’s Responsible Feed Standard will soon be ready for public consultation. The standard will set requirements that reflect industry best practice and develop the consensus needed to improve the environmental performance of key feed ingredients.

The global fish oil market is expected to reach $2.63 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR of 6.1 per cent during 2015-2020, according to a new report from Allied Market Research.

After nine years with IFFO and over 40 years working in the fish industry, IFFO Technical Director Andrew Jackson has announced that he will be retiring at the end of 2015.

Clean Seas Tuna, which operates in South Australian, announced this week that it is suing a former supplier for economic losses, claiming that they were caused by a nutrient deficiency in the feed.

BioMar is to build a new high-efficiency production line at its Karmøy factory in Norway, to boost capacity by at least 140,000 MT/year.

Guy Mace, who is retiring this month as managing director of feed company BioMar, was honoured with an award for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry at the Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards on 11 June 2015.

Last fall The Aquaculture Communications Group, LLC (ACG), started a fascinating new project, named Aquaculture Industry Voices, which seeks to interview pioneers who have contributed to the growth of the modern aquaculture industry around the world. ACG is now seeking financial help to continue its important work.

Aquaculture producers registered 25 new varieties of fish with the Chinese agriculture ministry this spring, including a fast-growing tilapia that its creator says is ideal for China’s interior landscapes.

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 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