Rabobank will present a report at Aqua Vision 2008 on the impact of the price increases of global commodities and on the cost of production of key proteins; discounted registration closing

Retailers displaying logo guarantee to use nationally standardized fish names, helping to remove consumer confusion

Standards address environmental and social responsibility, food safety and traceability through quantitative guidelines and auditing procedures

The scope of the MSC’s wild capture certification and labelling program will not be expanded to include aquaculture productions systems

Malcolm Smith and Thomas James join AIA

First-ever supermarket ranking identifies best and worst; group notes some progress has been made

Greenpeace is demanding that stores remove almost half of their seafood available for sale, in a marketing campaign that Salmon of the Americas said is geared towards misleading the public away from healthy protein alternatives

Aquafeed producer, Zeigler Bros., to purchase over 40 tons per month of Ento-Protein, an insect-based alternative to fishmeal

Author Taras Grescoe is taken to task by three North American aquaculture associations for statements in his editorial piece in the New York Times

Hulless barley is rich in the kinds of phosphorus that fish and other monogastrics can use

The European Aquaculture Society new Thematic Group to prepare a strategic shellfish research program to provide input for the European Aquaculture Technology Platform and the EC

Candlenuts, coconut and jatropha may one day feature in aquafeed formulations if new research at the Oceanic Institute proves promising

Register early for Aquaculture Europe Aquaculture conference, an industry forum and an exhibition, organised by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) hosted by Polskie Towarzystwo Rybackie

Cod and salmon are moved on land as feed producer Skretting opens its new EUR 2.8-million R&D facility

The GAA has completed plans for the role and composition of a new Standards Oversight Committee

In adopting a resolution on rising food prices in the EU and the developing countries, MEPs say that priority should be given to investment in agriculture, aquaculture, rural development and agribusinesses in developing countries

USAID's Inma agribusiness program in Iraq will soon have millions of carp fingerlings ready for delivery to hundreds of fish farms across central and southern portions of the country, thanks to joint efforts with the U.S. military, the State Department, and area Iraqi farmers

All tools are now available for the authorization process

Australian researchers teamed with Indonesian government to provide much needed management tool appropriate for South East Asian aquaculture

Aquaculture Europe 2008 will take place in Krakow, Poland, from September 15 to 18, 2008