The Global Aquaculture Alliance will recognize aquaculture pioneer Bjørn Myrseth with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its GOAL 2013 conference in Paris, France, the organization announced in late August

EWOS sold 250 thousand tonnes of fish feed in second quarter 2013, a decrease of four percent compared to second quarter 2012

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), namely DHA and EPA, have been linked to a 35 percent lower risk of cardiovascular deathin older adults and may also benefit people of all ages, according to recent scientific research. This includes helping reduce brain damage in infants after stroke, increase math scores in teenagers and boost memory in young adults. These and other findings are summarized in the August 2013 PUFA Newsletter for health professionals

Fisheries NSW is seeking Expressions of Interest from potential research partners interested in commercial finfish production. The Partner would have the demonstrated ability to construct and operate a fish farm and would be required to work closely with researchers

The FDA Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS) Team has developed an easy to use web page for information about safe feed. The page brings together links to information published by the agency related to feed manufacturing.

Business focused on bringing value and efficiency to feed production in Asia-Pacific

Aller Aqua has recently been audited and achieved ASC-compliance. This means that Aller Aqua lives up to the criteria set out by the ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council – an independent non-profit organization co-founded by WWF and The Sustainable Trade Initiative). This ensures that the fish farmers who want to sell ASC-certified fish can use Aller Aqua’s trout feed, and document the certification

An EU-funded project SEAT (\'Sustainable Trade in Ethical Aquaculture\') is building up an understanding of new Asian aquatic food chains - and looking into their sustainability. The international team\'s research covered the top four aquaculture products making their way into European shops and restaurants: tilapia, pangasius, shrimp and prawns.

Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen Washington, USA, is holding an online auction of surplus items from their Aquaculture Center

The official opening of the newly built aquafeed plant took place in Honduras on Saturday 10 August. The plant is a joint venture between Nutreco/Skretting, Gisis Ecuador and Regal Springs. The new plant will produce feed for the Regal Springs’ tilapia farming activities in Honduras as well as shrimp feed for the local and export market

The group, representing 70% of the global farmed salmon industry, commits to sustainability leadership initiative as a path towards significant change

SEAFARE will hold a workshop in October 2013 in Seville, Spain to facilitate the transfer of knowledge generated from the project to interested parties. Project offers significant potentialto positively impact policy, industry and society

For the first time scientists have been able to develop a completely vegetarian diet that works for marine fish raised in aquaculture.

The FAO project has helped farmers form their own fisheries associations and provided training to support them in learning how to produce, amongst others, farm-made fish feeds using locally available row material

AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. responded to a paper published in Food Drug Law Institute\'s Food and Drug Policy Forum. In this publication, three respected scientists with long U.S. Food and Drug Administration relationships finds the process used by the US FDA to regulate products from genetically modified animals so rigorous that it goes far beyond the legally required scientific analysis of food and environmental safety

Ridley AgriProducts will produce and distribute Novacq in Australia and several South-East Asian countries

SFP has announced the launch of a Southeast Asia Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) aimed at improving the fisheries that supply fishmeal to aquaculture feeds in Asia. The announcement was made at a meeting of the Asia Sustainable Fishmeal Roundtable in Bangkok

Australian abalone farmers look set to save up to AU$2.5 m every year by switching to a new feed strategy developed by scientists at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI). The breakthrough in better meeting the nutritional needs of abalone promises to lift productivity by 10% and will help producers meet rising demand for the premium seafood in high value markets including China, South East Asia and the US

Mainstream Canada was vindicated today when the BC Supreme Court of Appeal ruled against anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford. The Supreme Court of Appeal also granted Mainstream Canada special costs based on the activist\'s behaviour during the trial

Cermaq has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement with Altor and Bain Capital regarding the sale of EWOS. The purchaser will be a Norwegian company established by funds advised by investment firm Altor and Bain Capital for this purpose. The agreed consideration implies an enterprise value of EWOS of NOK 6.5 billion, and will be payable in cash upon completion. The transaction is expected to close by the end of October 2013