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

E.U. food and feed chain partners on April 22 said they reject the European Commissions’ latest proposal which attempts to rationalize E.U. market authorizations of genetically modified crops for feed and food use.

Aquaculture certification programs ready to pilot streamlined joint audits of aquaculture farms

Although India ranks second in the world’s farmed fish production, tilapia, the second most popular farmed fish in the world, has not yet caught on there. India is losing revenue and opportunities every day by not producing this species in adequate quantities, USSEC Director for Animal Feed and Soy Meal Program – India, Dr. P. E. Vijay Anand says.

Despite receiving a financial injection of N$38 million during 2014, the aquaculture sector is not performing well and remains a great concern. The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernard Esau says that despite the huge financial injection, the sector performed below average, with a mere 740 metric tons produced last year.

Christiansfeld, Denmark-headquartered aquafeed company, Aller Aqua, announced the company has achieved Global G.A.P. certification for all three of its European feedmills. This means the company complies with the Global G.A.P. Compound Feed Manufacturing Standard not only for the Danish feed facility, but also now for the mills in Germany and Poland.

JV to build 100,000 tonne aquafeed plant in China, to come on line in 2016, followed by up to five further aquafeed mills of similar or larger capacity. It also plans to expand with production and sales in other countries in Asia.

Tasmanian salmon producer Tassal has published its fourth Sustainability Report, that reports on all of the company’s operations and details improvements in feed inputs.

Sabah is expected to produce RM3 billion worth of white shrimp when four main prawn farms are fully operational by 2020.

Aquaculture as a whole is the second most valuable fishery in Maine, right behind the iconic lobster. Maine’s cold water is ideal for fish production, and the state’s clean environment and close access to markets has allowed Maine producers to fetch as much as 10 to 15 percent more than competitors. The state’s aquaculture industry also is diversifying. Seaweed and scallops are just a couple of the new areas Maine aqua farmers are exploring. Some companies are even exploring land-based fish farms for salmon and yellowtail, although none have gone commercial yet.

The Netherlands Embassy in Ghana is recommending that government takes steps to increase local feed production to facilitate the growth and economic potential of the fish farming industry in Ghana. This is based on a study of the aquaculture sector in Ghana which gives indication of great opportunities especially for tilapia farming.

European legislation should be adapted to allow insect products as a sustainable and innovative source of animal proteins for food consumption and animal feed. Insect producers issued this call on Monday in Brussels, where they came together to formally establish IPIFF, the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed.

The International Fishmeal and Oil Organisation is inviting input into a new version of IFFO RS, the leading standard for the responsible sourcing of the marine ingredients