A partnership agreement between the Oceanic Institute and Hawai'is largest private university was signed on Monday, June 9, 2003. The cooperation will expand education and research opportunities in marine science and aquaculture; Masters degree and PhD courses will be offered within 10 years.

Dr. A. Reza Kamarei promises research on nutritional benefits of aquacultured seafood

AKVAsmart, together with the Nutreco companies Marine Harvest and Skretting in Norway, is establishing the world’s largest pilot salmon and trout farm to test aquafeeds in commercial conditions.

Farm-raised fish eating specially formulated diets high in fatty acids could improve people's health and also satisfy different palates, according to researchers from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., who are concocting designer menus for aquaculture.

“Standards that are serious about sustainability should be controlled by the government and be science based. The industry should not certify itself.”

A Hawaii bio-fuel company will receive more than $5.5 million to produce affordable animal feed from marine algae in order to aid the large-scale production of feedstocks for biofuels, aquaculture and other animal feeds

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Online registration for Aquafeed Horizons (May 3, 2011, Cologne, Germany) has now ended. If you missed the deadline you can still register at the door. Come to rooms 4 & 6 of the Rheinsaal, on the 2nd floor of the Congress-Centrum Nord of Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany - less then 100 meters from the entrance to Exhibition Hall 6, where the Victam exhibition will be held. Registration starts at 10:00 hrs.

Nofima and Tromsø Aquaculture Research Station have developed a new department for salmon lice research

The outbreak affected adult female shrimp in a closed, semi-intensive production system in Jizan

Deshelled krill meal in salmon feed gave a better growth rate and digestibility of nutrients in salmon compared to whole krill. Deshelling also result in lower content of fluoride and will thereby make krill more suitable in salmon feed

New research shows a possible connection between risk reduction of childhood obesity and maternal consumption of omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy. Intake of the omega-3s found in seafood is also linked to reduced risk of recurrent breast cancer, stroke in women and early age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility, a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises

Even though lupine seeds are rich in proteins, their use in fish feed has been limited partly because of the bitter taste and lack of knowledge about how high levels of lupine the fish tolerate. These challenges have been dealt with in a new doctoral thesis at the Aquaculture Protein Centre in Norway

The University of Stirling, Scotland's Institute of Aquaculture MSc course in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular

Revenue from its Skretting fish feed was 17.9% higher than in the 1st quarter of 2010 at EUR 261.8 million. The volume was stable, with an increase in feed for non-salmonid species

Australian scientists have reported the first known detrimental impact of southern hemisphere ocean warming on a fish species

The Draft White Paper from the September 2010 Workshop on Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture, held at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington, is now available for public comment

In Australia, Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time

Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling, Scotland, the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT, near Boston in the USA)