CANADA - Campbell River, BC – The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced funding today for four innovative Vancouver Island aquaculture projects, including a project to develop closed-containment technology. In total, the four projects will receive over $925,000 in federal government funding

University of Massachusetts Amherst film will 'expose some pitfalls of modern aquaculture'

With six weeks to go to the technical feed conferences taking place during Victam/FIAAP/Grapas Asia 2012, places are going fast and you are urged to register without delay.

Clean Seas Tuna Limited has announced the appointment of Australian Aquaculture Industry expert Dr. Craig Foster as the company's new chief executive officer. The company said the appointment follows an extensive global executive search for a CEO to lead Clean Seas into the next phase of its Southern Bluefin Tuna and Kingfish breeding operations.

Agency issues order prohibiting certain uses in major species food-producing animals

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA )along with the department of grain science and industry at Kansas State University (KSU) has again partnered to offer another HACCP Feed Manufacturing Short Course. In addition, AFIA and K-State have announced another distance learning education program for 2012

NOAA Sea Grant has announced its Aquaculture Research Program for 2012. This will likely be NOAA's only aquaculture-specific competition for this fiscal year

Dr. Shepherd to become Chairman of the company's Scientific Charter Committee

On December 19, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted Aker BioMarine‘s request for re-examination of US patent number 8,030,348 assigned to Neptune Technologies & Bioressources; Neptune said it welcomes opportunity to reconfirm the validity of its Patent

World Health Energy Holdings, Inc, a public holding company developing joint venture partnerships for algae production for biodiesel and commercial aquafeed, announced the signing of Letter of Intent with Prime Inc., an India Industrial and transport company, to develop a biodiesel production facility ramping up to 250 acres with a budget of up to $100 million .

The Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue has released the final draft of global standards for certifying farmed shrimp. This version of the standards is being used to create an Audit Manual and will be subject to voluntary field testing on selected farms

A year after the introduction of the European Feed Ingredient Safety Certification (EFISC), the feed industry can look back on a very successful first twelve months of EFISC implementation

Aller Aqua Group, Christiansfeld, Denmark, has once again taken a big step in expanding its business – this time outside the European continent

Aussie fish is included in Top 12 Food & Nutrition Trends for 2012 forecast

FEFANA launches its electronic Classification Tool aiming at differentiating feed additives from feed materials

The International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation has launched its new Improvers’ Programme for fishmeal and fish oil producers. Factories which would not otherwise achieve the full IFFO Global Standard for Responsible Supply (IFFO RS) can progress gradually against a series of auditable milestones on responsible sourcing and food safety

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the availability of Public Master Files (PMFs) containing safety and effectiveness information to support a new animal drug application (NADA) for use of chloramine-T for the control of columnaris disease and bacterial gill disease in certain freshwater finfish

Fillets from cod taken in Norwegian harbours and fjords contain low levels of mercury, according to a new report

Norwegian fish contain less inorganic arsenic than the EU thought

GAA response to Pew Environmental Group-funded study on seafood ecolabels