Scottish Conservative MEP, Struan Stevenson has condemned the red tape that is proving a barrier to growth within Europe’s fish farming industry, calling for the bureaucracy to be simplified. Otherwise, he says, the sector is in danger of being dominated by competition from non-EU countries

National Algae Association (NAA) has opened a Testing Center. This first-of-its-kind initiative has been on-going as a part of NAA's algae production incubator program to assist new algae start-up companies test commercial photobioreactors, harvestors and extraction systems before entering the algae industry

Spanish researchers have developed an extruded aquafeed for farmed octopus

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii -Marine biologists at Kampachi Farms announced the successful final harvest from the Velella Research Project, which raised fish for the first time in U.S. Federal waters. This harvest completes the grow-out cycle of sashimi-grade kampachi fish from an unanchored drifter pen that has been riding eddies in the open ocean, 3 to 75 miles offshore of the Big Island of Hawaii, since last summer

he U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sponsoring a public meeting to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items, and draft U.S. positions to be discussed at the 20th Session of the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF), which will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from May 7 - 11, 2012

Canadian Senator Nicole Eaton announced she will be launching a new inquiry into the involvement of foreign foundations in Canada's domestic affairs and their abuse of existing Revenue Canada's charitable status. "This inquiry is about masters of manipulation who are hiding behind charitable organizations to manipulate our policies to their own advantage," she told the Senate

According to Charles McGurk, his new appointment as Health Manager in Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) is one of the world’s most exciting jobs in fish health One of his first tasks will be to appoint two new researchers.

Farmed salmon compensate for low dietary marine omega-3 by making their own

FDA issued an interim final rule (IFR) and draft guidance for industry amending FDA’s existing regulation on maintaining records about sources and recipients of food (FSMA Section 101). FDA also published an update to its Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers Regarding Establishment and Maintenance of Records (Edition 4), to ensure the guidance is consistent with the new FSMA requirements. Note: Food includes animal feed.

Bhimavaram-based aquafeed manufacturer, Shree Vijay Aqua Feeds Ltd. has announced it will build a new mill in Andhra Pradesh for domestic and overseas markets

Encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make critical research, education, and extension investments in aquaculture [the American Fisheries Society Fish Culture Section (FCS)announcement].

Advanced extrusion system wows judges; new post conditioner and novel organic acid blend earn highly commended places in first ever Aquafeed award

Inline sampling and real time analysis becomes key to full integration

Nutreco announced that CEO Wout Dekker will be leaving Nutreco by the end of 2012. This will mark the end of a career at the company encompassing almost thirty years, of which twelve years were as CEO. The Supervisory Board of Nutreco appointed Knut Nesse as his successor

As United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk moves to consider ways to improve the nation’s trade relationship with the European Union (EU) as part of the recently-formed U.S.-EU High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth, the American Soybean Association (ASA) submitted formal comments reminding the ambassador that the EU’s heavy-handed policies on biotech soybeans, as well as inaccurate characterization of biodiesel by the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), have contributed to a 70 percent drop in total soybean export quantity and a 44 percent decrease in soybean export value to the EU over the last 14 years

Tongwei Co. Ltd. intends to increase its purchase of Canadian canola meal by up to $240 million annually by 2015possibly rising to $900 million over the next decade

Researchers have developed a feed from the pupae of the common house fly that is proving to be not only economically advantageous when compared to fishmeal but also boosts immunity

NIFES to study how the health of sterile salmon can be improved by changes in nutrition

Coppens prepares for future growth, and for possible changes in the EU feed law with investment in new mill

Registration for Aquafeed Horizons Asia Conference has been extended to February 10, to allow for Chinese New Year