Surface temperature anomalies across the central and eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean are becoming more negative in recent weeks

Organic solvents are currently used to remove persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from fishmeal. However, a new doctoral thesis points to the fact that vegetable oil can do the job just as efficiently, but in a more environmentally-friendly manner

One of the central themes of the conference of the European Aquaculture Society will be sustainability. Vidar Gundersen Product Manager at BioMar North Sea will at the Farmers Day, Wednesday 19th October, present the BioSustain Programme and explain how sustainability is now included in feed formulation. BioMar Norway was recently as the first company in the aquaculture industry certified according to the DNV ProSustain standard

Ocialis Vietnam aquafeed plants received GlobalGap certification in September. This certification is one more step in Ocialis strategy to help seafood professionals to develop a specific traced and secured network, especially for tropical fish such as pangasius

Simon Fraser University has issued a press release claiming that the highly contagious marine influenza virus, Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has for the first time been officially reported after being found in the Pacific on B.C.’s central coast; industry responds

Food & Water Watch (FWW) today released a new analysis detailing what it describes as the troubling implications of expanding factory fish farming off U.S. coasts.

On October 5, 2011, the website for The Global Initiative for Life and Leadership through Seafood (GILLS) was officially launched at the IAFI World Seafood Congress (Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC). This initiative is an outcome from the International Seafood & Health Conference (Melbourne, Australia Nov 2010) and has been organized by an international consortium of universities and individuals

FEFAC, representing the EU compound feed and premix industry, welcomes the new Commission’s legislative proposals on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with high expectations

Are the fatty acids in certain microalgae suitable to replace fish oil in feed for salmonids? Master student Chuyuan Zhang from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada is looking for answers at the Aquaculture Protein Centre in Norway

The American Feed Industry Association has unveiled the redesigned website Feedsearch.com, a guide for industry buyers

Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital's Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center have found positive associations between fish oil supplements and cognitive functioning as well as differences in brain structure between users and non-users of fish oil supplements

Rising world temperatures will cause most populations of herbivores – including plant-eating fish – to decline, according to a University of British Columbia biologist

Oceanic Institute (OI), Hawaii, is facing a future without federal earmark funding and will need to make significant changes to its business model if it is to survive

Aquafeed.com has announced Andritz Feed & Biofuel, Buhler, Nutriad and Wenger as sponsors for the 6th international Aquafeed Horizons Conference; Early Bird registration closing October 31

Aquafeed.com announces a new award for contributions to the advancement of aquafeed

U.S. Aquafeed producer, Silver Cup, has completed its new production and distribution facility located in Tooele, Utah. Following a significant investment over the past 18 months, raw material storage, batching and extrusion processes, as well as the office functions have been consolidated into the Tooele site with the original Murray site closing

A NIFES research project has shown that a fungicide used on plants may hinder salmon growth

They may look like bunk beds on steroids, but a new shrimp production technology developed by a Texas AgriLife Research scientist near Corpus Christi promises to revolutionize how shrimp make it to our tables

The U.S. Soybean Export Council\'s Aquaculture Program has developed materials to communicate the benefits of "Soy-fed Fish" to the seafood industry, retailers, and consumers

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) scientists have helped develop a prawn that grows 25 per cent faster than other cultured strains to feed people depending on one of Asia's great rivers