More soy will be used in China’s aquafeed industry this year because of price increases in fish meal, as well as other plant ingredients like rapeseed meal and cotton meal

The Food and Drug Administration said Franck's Lab in Ocala ignored numerous warnings

Anisakis main risk of allergic reaction in humans

Cooperation between GAA and ACC would make administration of the BAP program more efficient through the sharing of support services

Researchers have devised an artemia-rearing system that can work effectively in tandem with Cognis’ large-scale commercial micro-algae plant, turning a potential threat into an opportunity

Marine aquaculture effluent will be used as a natural fertilizer for arid, desert and degraded lands to cultivate plantations for advanced biofuel feedstock in one of the largest biofuels investments to date in the Middle East or Africa

Raw data released by the provincial Ministry of Agriculture and Lands confirms what their annual fish health reports have already reported: that B.C.'s farmed salmon are healthy

Grant applications due by May 25, 2010

The significant downturn has affected all animal species, in particular cattle feed, pig feed and, to a lesser extent poultry feed

A grassroots group has launched a new website that calls into question the agenda and credibility of some salmon farming critics in British Columbia, Canada.

Peru's fishmeal production for 2010 has been estimated at 1.40 million tonnes, about the same as 2009, while exports are expected to decline slightly to 1.3 million tonnes. There is a great deal of uncertainty in Peru about the final figure for the fishing quota for next season, which will begin in late April or early May, according to the latest Globefish report

NOAA is seeking input on the components of a draft aquaculture policy from interested stakeholders including communities, state and local governments, tribes, businesses, associations, the aquaculture industry, commercial and recreational fishermen, the seafood industry, non-governmental organizations, and the general public

The American Feed Industry Association has urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to implement a proposal that would uniformly enforce speculative position limits, enhance transparency, and improve the regulation of all individuals who trade certain energy commodities

Based on over 7,000 samples collected by 21 European countries between 1999 and 2008.The European Food Safety Authority concluded the highest average levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in relation to fat content were observed for liver and liver products from animals. The highest average levels in relation to total product weight were for fish liver and products derived from fish liver. In animal feed, the highest average levels were found in fish oil

The NGO, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), has published a sustainability league table of the principal fisheries used for the production of fishmeal and fish oil

NOAA will hold six listening sessions in April and May to hear recommendations from the public that will help the agency develop a new national policy for sustainable marine aquaculture

The immediate crisis for Desert Lake Technologies may have passed but there are serious long term implications for the U.S. shrimp industry

New features include extensive references on the use of animal and plant protein ingredients in aquaculture feeds and links to technical documents

Analysis of pharmaceuticals used for Norwegian farmed fish in 2009 did not reveal residues of illegally used pharmaceuticals, or levels of legally used pharmaceuticals above the set limits. The surveillance therefore shows that the use of pharmaceuticals for fish farming has not affected seafood safety

El Niño is expected to continue at least through the Northern Hemisphere spring 2010