For the next four years, the IDREEM consortium will develop tools and methods to help the European aquaculture industry adopt more environmentally and economically efficient practices using Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture

Centre will play a leading role in the delivery of pioneering oxygenation systems as industry shifts from sea cages to land-based sites

The “Velella” Research Project will receive national, primetime acclaim on Monday, September 17, in an episode of “Alien Deep”, the National Geographic series starring Bob Ballard, deep sea explorer and Titanic discoverer. The episode of “Alien Deep” is titled “Inner vs. Outer Space” and airs at 8 p.m. ET

Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) employs over 280,000 people in fifteen countries and generates over US$33 Billion annually

50 years have passed since a small group of entrepreneurial Danish fish farmers started Dansk Ørredfoder, which later became BioMar. This was celebrated at the AQUA 2012 Aquaculture Conference in Prague, where BioMar invited the more than 2000 researchers, fish farmers and other stakeholders from the aquaculture industry present at the conference to share a giant birthday cake

At the opening plenary session of the AQUA 2012 event, co-organised in Prague by the European and World Aquaculture Societies, Dr. Patrick Sorgeloos, Director of the Laboratory of Aquaculture and the Artemia Reference Center of the University of Ghent in Belgium, was presented with an Honorary Life Membership of the European Aquaculture Socierty (EAS)

EnviroFlight has achieved commercial scale production of insect-based aquaculture feeds produced from bio-fuel co-products

Kampachi Farms has been awarded a grant to investigate alternative protein sources and alternative high-value species for expansion of domestic U.S. marine fish aquaculture

Intrafish Media’s Fish Farming International named the long-time CEO of feed company Nutreco - parent company of Skretting - its Aquaculture Person of the Year 2012 for a remarkable career in the fish farming sector spanning three decades

RMI will soon be a step closer to food security with locally produced, high quality and affordable animal and aquafeeds

The rights include a formulation and manufacturing process for semi-floating feed pellets specifically formulated for adult Sleepy Cod as well as a behavioral method for assimilating Sleepy Cod fingerlings to adapt to the new pellet feed

Soybeans will be processed at Cargill crush plants and the Cargill vegetable oil refinery in Australia

U.S. grain elevators on the Gulf coast are shut and barges carrying grain on the lower Mississippi River halted in preparation for Hurricane Isaac. Isaac, which has been rolling over the Gulf of Mexico toward Louisiana, strengthened Tuesday into to Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds. The storm is on track to slam into New Orleans, with hurricane warnings extending across 280 miles from Morgan City, Louisianna., to the Florida-Alabama state line. , which s due to make landfall late Tuesday or early Wednesday

Representatives from the Cargill-U.S. Aquaculture division presented the Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter with a $47,306 check on Aug. 22 to help finance alligator research at the Aquaculture Research Station in Baton Rouge. The donation is part of the “Gator-bate” agreement between Cargill and alligator farmers to apply a portion of their feed cost rebate to sponsor research conducted by the AgCenter

Five major U.S. grain, animal feed, feed ingredient and pet food organizations commended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) for extending the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two parties entitled, Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Association of American Feed Control Officials

Kevin Heasman was awarded the Research and Development Award, which recognizes the aquaculture scientist's contribution to a number of science challenges and opportunities relevant to the marine farming industry – including field trials exploring the potential for marine farming in New Zealand of Geoduck (Panopea zealandica).

Mainstream Norway has confirmed Panceras Disease at the farming site Ytre Kloven in Langfjorden in Finnmark, Norway

The world is entering an era of dramatic change for agriculture, and massive investment in both production capacity and infrastructure will be required to meet soaring global food demand. Speaking to delegates at the U.S. Grains Council's annual Board of Delegates meeting, Mark Zenuk, managing director of NPG Energy Capital Management, outlined opportunities across the board, with special attention to the huge capital investment needed to feed a growing world

Sustainable marine aquaculture needs to be increased, report shows

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) celebrated the market launch of its global, independent trademark for responsibly farmed seafood. Tilapia from Indonesia is the first farmed fish to meet the ASC's certification standard. This tilapia is recognised through the use of the on-pack ASC logo. The logo reinforces to consumers that the fish they purchased is responsibly farmed so that adverse environmental and social impacts are minimised