A $9 million-plus Auburn University facility that will offer leading-edge aquatic research facilities, enhanced classroom environments and improved community education opportunities opened for business Sept. 9 during official ribbon-cutting ceremonies

Norway's Aquaculture Protein Center (APC) has found an interesting collaborator in Prof. Francisco Javier Moyano from the University of Almeria, Spain. His models for studying biochemical reactions in the digestive system of the fish, can add useful insights for the feed technologists and nutritionists at APC

Vancouver Island University has constructed the International Centre for Sturgeon Studies (ICSS) on campus

China’s largest aquafeed producer, Sichuan-based Tongwei Group will break ground this month on a feedmill in Vietnam

Netherlands-based animal feed miller, De Heus, has entered the aquafeed sector with the acquisition of a feedmill in Vietnam

Coastal fish farms seem to do less harm to nearby plants and animals than previously believed, a new study reveals. And marine ecosystems can recover from this damage surprisingly fast

Americans ate 20 percent more tilapia in 2010 than they did in 2009, propelling it from the number five spot to the number four spot with the single largest gain in consumption on the National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) latest Top Ten Seafood List

USDA needs to hear the voices and support from the aquaculture community for USDA to take action

Leading aquaculture feed producer, EWOS, is sponsoring an Improvers’ Programme extension to the International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation’s Global Standard for Responsible Supply (IFFO RS)

La Niña conditions have returned and are expected to gradually strengthen and continue into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2011-12, reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA

Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products announced plans to inject 90 million yuan into its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zhanjiang Guolian Feed, and expand production capacity of floating fish feeds, the company’s announced

Australia's Premier, Lara Giddings, today officially opened Skretting Australia’s $36 million aquafeed plant expansion in Cambridge. Ms Giddings said the investment signalled strong prospects for the expanding AU$400 million Tasmanian salmon industry

A new exchange-traded fund designed by Global X Funds has broadened its scope from fishing to aquaculture, with the intention to cover all aspects of fish production. Fish farming via aquaculture seen taking central role in sector's expansion

The Velella Mariculture Research Project is testing an unachored drifter pen in Federal waters (3-150 miles offshore) off the Big Island of Hawaii. This innovative form of mariculture - growing fish in the open ocean - uses cutting edge technology and leaves no environmental footprint. The Velella Project could revolutionize sustainable aquaculture

Raising shrimp in New Mexico, USA, may seem far fetched, but if things pan out with a shrimp-feed study now under way at New Mexico State University, a new inland shrimp industry might become a reality in the Southwest. The study will compare shrimp being raised on a new feed incorporating glandless cottonseed meal with shrimp raised on a commercial feed

"Shrimp is the fisheries sector's most important export product. The area under shrimp cultivation is expanding and the demand for shrimp feed is increasing, but domestic companies cannot enter the shrimp feed market" - Pham Duc Binh, deputy chairman, Viet Nam Animal Feed Association

News that Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group has sold its controlling stake in animal feed manufacturer CP Vietnam to Hong Kong-based C.P Pokphand has left local animal feed producers worried

Novartis Animal Health, Inc. announced an investment to significantly expand its Novartis Centre for Aqua Research & Development on Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada. Construction has already begun on the US$ 2.8 million expansion, which will add state-of-the-art new laboratory and office space to support the continued rapid growth of the aquaculture R&D programs at the facility

A feasibility study on the possibility of establishing a Vietnamese Danish Aquaculture Technology Excellence Centre has received financial support from DANIDA’s Innovative Partnership for Development Program

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its “Strategic Plan for Regulatory Science,” calling for a sweeping modernization of the science used in developing and evaluating products critical to the nation’s health, economy, and security