Dr. Jesse Trushenski of Southern Illinois University has received the 2015 Fat and Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF) Innovation Award for her project “Redefining Essential Fatty Acid Requirements of Fishes in the Context of Rendered Fat-based Aquafeeds.” Her research has expanded knowledge and understanding of fatty acid requirements in fish and has demonstrated that beef tallow has considerable value—perhaps even strategic value compared to traditional, plant-derived oils—as an ingredient in aquafeeds.

Farmed Atlantic salmon production could be boosted by the discovery of a genetic marker associated with resistance to a potentially devastating virus.

Construction works on the $6.5M government and industry-funded Experimental Aquaculture Facility (EAF) at Taroona, which is managed by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), are well underway. Construction on the site started in mid-February and is expected to be completed by June. The new experimental research facility is being built for collaborative aquaculture research, particularly with the Atlantic salmon industry. Tasmania\'s salmon farming is by far the largest aquaculture industry in Australia and largest seafood producer in Tasmania. The main focus of research will be health and nutrition.Once the EAF is up and operational, Skretting Australia said it will increase its focus on the challenges unique to the Tasmanian Atlantic salmon industry.

So what’s the big deal about successfully growing Arctic cod in a laboratory? It represents another step forward toward understanding how these “bellwether” fish in the Arctic marine ecosystem may fare with a warming ocean and climate change. It also opens up a new frontier to study cod development in a laboratory setting.

The country\'s Supreme Leader recently carried out an inspection of the Taedonggang Terrapin Farm where he noted a number of \"serious shortcomings\" - in particular, they weren\'t producing lobsters.

Sen. John McCain introduces an amendment to strip funding from a catfish inspection office while the Senate debates the Trade Promotion Authority bill. McCain contends that the FDA already inspects catfish and that the additional inspections interfere with Asian trade partners

Scientists need to better understand the impacts of climate change on aquaculture if we are to meet future seafood demand says a paper submitted by WorldFish to UN climate talks.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is developing a Feed Standard for which aquafeed mills can be certified. Within this project, ASC is developing a standard that sets requirements for sourcing of responsibly produced ingredients for aquafeed. This is a multi-stakeholder project, with over 50 people involved in several committees. The expected release date is Q1-2016. Currently the initial draft is open for public feedback. Michiel Fransen, ASC Standards & Certification Coordinator has been invited by Aquafeed.com to provide an update on this important standard development process at 8th Aquafeed Horizons conference for feed industry professionals, taking place in Cologne, Germany June 9, 2015.

In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government asked animal agriculture industries to release guidelines to its manufacturing facilities regarding the protection of the nation\'s agriculture assets. The American Feed Industry Association developed the 2012 Bioterrorism Awareness Guidelines, which it recently redesigned as a broadened biosecurity document for the feed and ingredient manufacturing industries. This publication is now available for download.

The International Regional Organisation for Plant and Animal Health (OIRSA) has learnt "unofficially" about an increased mortality of shrimp in different areas of Central America.

A Port Stephens aquaculture project has received a $3 million share from the federal government’s Rural R&D for Profit Initiative.

Scientists at Nofima have developed a process additive with triple benefits: it functions as a binding agent, has high nutritional value, and makes it easier to produce fish feed with good physical properties.

The Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA) requests pre-proposals for applied research and extension that address problems and opportunities in the regional aquaculture industry. CTSA stakeholders have identified strategic areas and species, including Cost Effective Locally-Made Aquatic Feed, as the top aquaculture development priorities.

Aller Aqua has hired Peter Jessen as technical support. Peter will contribute to further strengthening relations with customers and other external partners. Initially, he will mainly focus on the European freshwater market.

The tropical Pacific is in the early stages of El Niño. Based upon model outlooks and current observations, the Australian Metorological Bureau\'s ENSO Tracker was raised to El Niño status May 12, 2015.

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.