The Food and Drug Administration today announced the opening date for applications for grants to support the development of new animal drugs intended for minor species or minor uses in major species. Applications are due electronically by January 3, 2014

The dedication of the new O.H. Kruse Feed Technology Innovation Center at Kansas State University took place, Friday October 11, 2013. Attended by more than 300 donors, faculty, students and alumni, the $13 million facility is the culmination of almost 25 years of planning and fund-raising

The news of an increase in the Peruvian anchovy quota for the second fishing season starting in November has been welcomed by IFFO, the international marine ingredients trade organisation

The extended aquafeed plant in Aver?y in mid-Norway has a capacity of 450,000 tons of feed a year; it is the largest and most modern fish feed plant in the world.

The creation of a global partnership to help ensure that the world?s fish supplies can keep pace with booming demand has received a green light from FAO?s Sub-Committee on Aquaculture. Over 50 countries endorsed the Global Aquaculture Advancement Partnership (GAAP) program, which will bring together governments, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to find sustainable solutions to meeting the need for fish products

Fish Feed revenue of ? 696.1 million is 11.4% higher than last year. Higher volumes and price effects more than offset an adverse foreign currency impact. The recent acquisitions in Ecuador and Egypt had a positive effect of 5.2%

Rebecca Heavyside?s research project aims to identify new functional ingredients in fish feed to improve reductions in lice burden

The Centre for Feed Technology, at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, has appointed Olav Fjeld Kraugerud in a permanent position as manager of the Feed Technology Centre (F?rTek).

Dr. Amir Sagi, a professor at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, is the recipient of the 2013 Novus Global Aquaculture Innovation Award

Delegates at the International Feed Industry Federation?s 26th General Assembly unanimously re-elected Mario Sergio Cutait as IFIF?s Chairman for the 2014-2015 term of office, recognizing Mr. Cutait?s successful leadership since 2012 under which IFIF experienced strong growth in strategic projects and deeper relationships with international stakeholders while attracting a range of new members from across the globe

The whisky and salmon industries in Scotland are about to embark on an innovative new partnership which will convert by-products from whisky production into feed for salmon and fish farming

The EU Commission has approved the acquisition of Scottish salmon farmer and processor, Morpol, by Norway\'s salmon farming giant, Marine Harvest

USDA has suspended its economic, statistical and crop reports and forecasts. Other than essential tasks most USDA activities, including the those of the ARS, have been suspended.

Algae producer, Cellana, announcedthat Valerie Harmon has been appointed as Cellana\'s senior director of Research and Development (Kona), Xuemei Bai, Ph.D., has been promoted to senior director of Research and Development (San Diego) and Selena Ellis-Vizcarra has been promoted to senior director of Corporate Development

A recent NIFES study has shown that adding extra arginine, an essential amino acid, to feed, can increase breakdown of fat in liver of salmon

Following the signing of a Cooperation Agreement between Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF) and the Universidad Tecnol?gica Del Mar De Tamaulipas Bicentenario (UTMarT) September 15, a number of activities have taken place highlighting the importance that both organizations have placed on the arrangements

The International Trade Commission has ruled against imposing duties on shrimp imported from Thailand, Indonesia, China, Ecuador, India, Vietnam, and Malaysia

In order to maximize the numbers that survive to adulthood, the practice has been to provide adult fish a diet rich in fatty acids for nine months before breeding season. During breeding season, in order to save money and resources, the diet is less rich. The assumption was that over those nine months the fish would accumulate stores of fatty acids in their bodies and would then transfer them to the eggs, which would produce more vigorous spawn, then you can cut back during breeding season because it doesn?t matter at that point. Research now shows with respect to certain fatty acids, the immediate diet what mattered much more than what the fish had been eating in the months leading up to breeding season.

Baan Plu Aquacultural Feed Mill won CSR-DIW Advance Award Level 5, one among 37 prizes that CPF won this year, reflecting the company?s attention to social responsibility

A patented micro-intensive fish farm designed within the confines of a 12-metre shipping container is able to deliver 2?4 tons of fish per year. It supplies an affordable, commercially viable, transportable, and replicable aquaculture business into poor urban or rural communities. Waste water can be sold to local farmers as fertilizer.