Company targets massive expansion of barramundi, bream and amberjack in the Red Sea

The Global Aquaculture Alliance, Aquaculture Stewardship Council and GLOBALG.A.P. memorandum of understanding will seek to develop common requirements related to feed as well as improve efficiency

Efforts to end hunger and fight the effects of climate change in the Pacific Islands will hinge on the success of sustainable development, including wise use of oceans and fisheries, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told ministers from the region this week

The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture strives to halt the loss of genetic resources for food and agriculture, and to ensure world food security and sustainable development by promoting their conservation and sustainable use: the world's aquatic ecosystems are made up of approximately 175,000 species of fish, mollusks, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Just ten species account for the world's haul in capture fisheries, while ten species account for half of global fish farming production

A new aquaculture zone policy for Lower Eyre Peninsula will provide a boost for South Australia’s aquaculture farmers, allowing for the potential expansion of the state’s $125 million Southern Bluefin Tuna industry

Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) Litopenaeus vannamei broodstock have been developed for the first time in India by Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture, the R & D arm of the Marine Products Export Development Authority in association with the Oceanic Institute, Hawaii, USA. Post larvae imported from Oceanic Institute,will be grown from PL to 40 gms in MPEDA/RGCA facility Vizag, a body set up for the promotion of export of marine products from India

A draft of the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standards for mussel farms is now available for public comment for 60 days: The deadline to submit comments is June 8, 2013

The 6th annual International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) meeting organized by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought together feed regulators and government officials from around the world with representatives from IFIF and the FAO to discuss critical feed issues facing governments and industry today

Cermaq ASA, the parent company of aquafeed firm, Ewos, said it has, on certain conditions, secured future control of more than 50% of the shares in Copeinca through agreements with Copeinca ASA and major shareholders of the company. Cermaq will launch a voluntary offer for the remaining shares of the company

The merger will form the largest bass and bream producer worldwide, and a 15% share of the global market

Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the department of wildlife and fisheries sciences at Texas A&M University are celebrating the 40 year anniversary of their aquaculture facility and its recently completed pond complex renovation

Aquaculture researchers from the University of Stirling are part of a major project which has received £337,000 to develop small-scale commercial aquaculture in Malawi

The USSEC aquaculture program in Southeast Asia is focusing on marine fish hatcheries as a key area for development in FY13 and has begun the development of custom broodstock feeds

The initiative will consolidate feed requirements across all of the existing ASC standards

April 12, 2013 deadline for comments on the Seriola and Cobia Aquaculture Standards, the product of a World Wildlife Fund-coordinated roundtable

The BioMar Group will in the next months initiate the construction of a new facility for Research and Development. It will be located together with one of BioMar\'s three Chilean factories in Pargua outside Puerto Montt

NPC diversifies from land-based shrimp culture to marine finfish production

Just days left to apply for The American Feed Industry Association and Feedstuffs 2013 Feed Mill of the Year award

The EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures marked its 50th Anniversary with a Sustainability Workshop and a Celebratory Event in Brussels

Project aims to assess seafood safety issues relating to contaminants that may be present in seafood as a result of environmental contamination