New industrial processing techniques are enabling us to obtain valuable proteins, antioxidants and oils from salmon and rapeseed waste. These extracts can be used in health foods, nutritional supplements and skin care products.

Acadia Harvest Inc., Brunswick, has received a $658,000 federal innovation grant, which it will apply to the development of zero-exchange RAS production of high value warmwater marine species

Calysta is reviving the production of proven methane to feed technology BioProtein – a fishmeal alternative for use in aquaculture and animal nutrition that has hit several bumps along the road to market.

When a farmed fish escapes its pen, does the rest of the lake notice? Farmed rainbow trout in Lake Huron may outcompete their wild relatives when it comes to growth and feeding efficiency, Canadian scientists report. But they are left for dead when it comes to long-term survival.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Kathryn Sullivan kicked off the annual SeaWeb Seafood Summit in New Orleans on Monday (Feb. 9), highlighting the importance of improving seafood sustainability by focusing on \"societal, economic and ecological resilience.\"

CPF feed laboratories from Ratchaburi, Hat Yai and Phitsanulok have been awarded ISO/IEC 17025 Certification.

EWOS launched the EWOS Fish Health Center at a seminar for invited guests at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum, on Thursday, March 5th.The attendees got an introduction to EWOS efforts in fish health, and details about the new Fish Health Center which is already under construction.

The European Commission has adopted a €29m investment package for the Maltese maritime, fisheries and aquaculture sectors: €3.3 million will go towards projects that promote environmentally sustainable research-oriented aquaculture

Following the pattern of a very strong El Niño occurring every eight to thirteen years, the industry is long overdue for the next big event. What’s to be expected for Peru’s first fishing season of 2015?

Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) is the first salmon company in British Columbia — and only the second in the world — to achieve a new level of aquaculture certification. The announcement of four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status marks the culmination of full certification of the company’s salmon processing plants, farm sites, hatcheries and feed mills, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced in early March.

Dr. Dickson Despommier, author of “The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century” shared his views on indoor farming and the future of food at an operating vertical farm.

As part of the on-going progress of setting up the BioMar-Sagun sales organization and factory in Turkey, a new website in both Turkish and English has been set up.

EWOS has begun construction on a US$9.5 million research centre named EWOS Fish Health Centre in the Los Lagos region of Chile.

The United Soybean Board (USB) awarded one of its highest honors, the Outstanding Achievement Award, to international aquaculture market developer Michael Cremer, Ph.D

NOAA Sea Grant has announced the 2015 Aquaculture Extension & Technology Transfer Competition. Applications are due to Grants.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time April 27, 2015; applications received after the closing dates and times will not be accepted

Cold weather caused a large number of fish deaths for Cooke Aquaculture in Nova Scotia last week. Three aquaculture sites are reporting fish mortalities from extreme cold water temperatures -the Port Wade aquaculture sites in the Annapolis Basin, Shelburne Harbour and Jordan Bay.

Greater access for New Zealand to Asian food markets through research and knowledge exchanges between Massey University and a Thai food conglomerate is on the cards. The prospect of stronger links with Thailand in the agrifood sector was championed in a speech by one of Thailand’s most successful business leaders, Dhanin Chearavanont. He was recognised by the University with a Doctor of Science (honoris causa) at a ceremony at the Manawatū campus. The degree was in recognition for his services to international business and philanthropic activities.

Dipasena was once known to be one of the largest shrimp producers and suppliers in the world before it was hit by a setback several years earlier. Dipasena is preparing to make a comeback

A new pan-African project has been launched to strengthen the continent’s great potential for increased trade in fish. Africa, a continent that is endowed with plentiful fish resources in oceans, rivers, lakes, floodplains and fish farms accounts for just 4.9% of global fish trade. More efficient trade could significantly improve income and nutrition for millions of Africans, particularly those 12.3 million that are directly employed in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

The Aquaculture Communications Group (ACG) launched the “Aquaculture Industry Voices” project about three months ago. The response to the project has been overwhelmingly positive, but the positive feedback is not enough to pay the costs incurred to undertake the project