Japan is inspecting virtually all shrimp imported from Vietnam for oxytetracycline after the antibiotic was detected in two separate batches of shrimp in recent weeks

Feed groups debunk unfounded media claims that the partial lifting of the feed ban is unnatural and dangerous

Catalina Offshore Products and Baja Seas partner as a regional source for a new Baja hiramasa

The Global Feed Life Cycle Assessment guidelines are now available for public review. The LEAP guidelines will help feed companies to develop consistent and credible environmental assessments to reduce the environmental footprint of livestock products

At the Seafood Expo North America in Boston, the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI), along with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) and Rabobank, joined together for the first time in the US to demonstrate how the global farmed salmon industry is leading the way in changing current aquaculture business practices to ensure a sustainable future for the industry

Shrimp Improvement System Group (SIS), the world\'s largest SPF shrimp broodstock supplier, marked the inauguration of its Hawaii Vannamei Nucleus Breeding Center, with a traditional Hawaiian blessing

The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) is spearheading a case study to identify the shrimp-farming practices that prevent the manifestation of early mortality syndrome (EMS), also known as acute hepatopancreatic necrosis, the organization announced in early March. The case study will act as a foundation for recommendations to the aquaculture community for better shrimp-farming practices.

Jeil Feed Co., Ltd. and the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), will conduct a joint flounder feeding demonstration in Korea. The feed mill is in the process of tweaking the experimental diet formula containing soy according to the protocol developed by USSEC and is searching for three flounder growers in Jeju Island to participate in the feeding demonstration

The results of analyses performed on 8940 farmed fish in 2013 showed neither residues of legal medicines above permitted limits nor traces of illegal substances

Buhler Aeroglide, a global leader in thermal process engineering and technology for food, feed, and industrial materials, has announced a new vice president of business development. Andy Sharpe has been appointed to develop Buhler Aeroglide\'s global markets, as well as lead product development for the company worldwide

Danish feed company, Aller Aqua and Porto Conte Ricerche have extended their research collaboration until 2016. At the research institute located on Sardinia, feeding trials with Mediterranean fish species are conducted under optimal conditions.

The Danish government unveiled a new aquaculture strategy with a focus on greener technologies for fish farm production and increased export of resource-efficient aquaculture recirculation systems

AMS is operating a program to facilitate the export of processed plant-based feed products from the U.S. to China in accordance with the requirements established by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People?s Republic of China (AQSIQ).

Capital Award, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Sino Agro Food, Inc, has begun construction on a 1,300 acre shrimp and hydroponic venture which plans to produce up to 300,000 metric tons of live shrimp per year

A Maori fishing company, scientists and engineers have joined forces to help refocus the New Zealand scampi industry from frozen commodity production, to live export trade to realise its estimated $200 million annual export potentia

For the fourth year running, the IFFO family is continuing to grow, reaching out to developing markets in Asia and expanding to new businesses within the marine ingredients sphere. Membership now stretches across sixty countries, with companies ranging from the world?s largest fish oil and fish meal producers to local traders, financial institutions and new emerging markets such as algae-derivatives

NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a draft supplemental environmental document related to the Fishery Management Plan for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico (Aquaculture Plan). This document considers possible environmental impacts of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill on offshore aquaculture in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico

Bell Aquaculture announced plans to open a feed mill to supply feed for the local and national aquaculture industry. The new mill, located at Bell Farms in Albany, Indiana, will be the first of its kind to locally produce feed to service the aquaculture industry on a mass scale using local Indiana ingredients

A core group of seafood industry stakeholders with a common interest to grow domestic aquaculture has banded together to form the Coalition of U.S. Seafood Production (CUSP), it was announced last week at the Aquaculture Americas Conference in Seattle. The group - including aquaculture and feed producers, retail and restaurant customers, researchers, technology and feed suppliers, and public aquaria - aims to provide expertise and momentum in support of government action that will create significant growth in aquaculture development.

Aquafeed.com is pleased to announce the panel of judges for the Aquafeed innovation Award, to be presented at FIAAP Asia/VICTAM Asia/GRAPAS Asia 2014