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.

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.