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Through May 31, 2010, purse-seine landings of gulf and Atlantic menhaden for reduction

New look Sci4Kids, an educational website operated by the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA, puts farmed pompano research under the spotlight

Aquaculture needs to invest more in its reputation. That was the conclusion of an instant poll during the aquaculture conference AquaVision in Stavanger, Norway, on Tuesday 8 June

Caught tuna was destined for Maltese fishfarms.

"we intend to peacefully confront Mediterranean bluefin fishing vessels in order to get the bluefin off the pathway to extinction and instead put our oceans on the road to recovery" - Greenpeace

The legislation recently proposed by Senator Vitter (R-Louisiana), titled the “Research and Aquaculture Opportunity and Responsibility Act,” actually “squashes opportunity and fails to accept responsibility.”

The BAP program requires feed mills to develop plans to avoid unsustainable sources of raw materials and transition to fishmeal and fish oil from responsibly managed fisheries

Production estimate is now set at 147.6 million tonnes, down 3.8% from 2008. The downturn has affected all animal species

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) announced today the beginning of a Pilot Program to accept and review GRAS notices for substances used in animal food

After two years of research Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) has succeeded in raising salt water tilapia

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US$1 billion Japanese-run Ponzi scheme promised investors guaranteed returns on investment in shrimp farm in the Philippines

The board of EWOS AS has appointed Atle Kvist as the Managing Director for EWOS Norway. He succeeds Geir Molvik who has taken on the position as COO Farming in Cermaq ASA

Senior faculty members from King Abudullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) visited recently the National Prawn Company's extensive aquaculture operations in Al Lith to explore opportunities for collaboration on a variety of mutually beneficial research projects

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a nearly 2,000-page response to a 2006 critique of its draft dioxin risk reassessment done by the National Academy of Sciences.

In collaboration with the Japanese aquaculture industry, the U.S. Grains Council is conducting a U.S. DDGS feed trial with rainbow trout at a commercial aquaculture farm

USDA NIFA is accepting grant applications from colleges and universities for approximately $4.7 million in funding for the Organic Transitions Program to solve critical organic agriculture issues, priorities, or problems through the integration of research, education, and extension activities in program areas

Bill would delay aquaculture permitting for at least three years

The deadline for public comment on a new NOAA Aquaculture Policy will end at midnight (EDT) on May 28, 2010

Feed contract is one of the largest ever signed in the history of fish farming