Latest (March) reports from JCI:
Chinese Fishmeal Consumption in March Seen Significantly Higher Than Normal; Chinese Fishmeal Market Awaits The Commence of Peruvian Fishing Season; Low Supply & High Costs Leave Local Fishmeal with Weakening Competitiveness; Market Inquiries for Fishmeal at Chinese Ports Seen On the Rise Recently

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, is offering a free two-day seminar to showcase research and education

Omega-3 fatty acids improve cardiac function faster than expected

Brussels gives the green light for merger of Nutreco’s Marine Harvest and Stolt Sea Farm

Aquaculture sessions will feature concepts on creating new products, taking advantage of innovative technologies, and elevating production, performance and returns.

The Oceanic Institute, Waimanalo, Hawai‘i, has announced the promotion of Gary Karr to Director of Communications and Education

Charoen Pokphand plans to invest $49 million in an integrated shrimp business in Bacolod City, Negros Province, the Philippines.

The fish feed producer Yamaha Nutreco Aquatech Co., Ltd (YNA), has announced the change of the company name to Skretting and the appointment of Rik van Westendorp as its new president.

Nutreco’s Japanese joint venture Yamaha Nutreco Aquatech (YNA) has acquired all shares in Kirin Feed, a subsidiary of Kirin Beer Co. in Japan.

US aquaculture production and imports will rise this year, according to latest USDA report

Results were presented at Institut Pasteur, Paris of a two-year French research project that shows probiotics in trout feed confer protection against pathogens and help optimize flesh quality parameters

The American Feed Industry Association Board of Directors has approved the funding of a pilot project that will provide a roadmap for establishing and utilizing industry-wide e-commerce business standards

FDA's management of the Feed Ban has improved, but oversight weaknesses continue to limit program effectiveness says the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative wing of Congress.

A successful year for Canadian fisheries and aquaculture exports

American Feed Industry Association has issued a statement expressing concern over action by the U.S. Senate intended to block the Administration’s proposed reopening of the Canadian border to beef imports

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a special rule to exempt international, foreign and interstate commerce in meat and caviar from threatened beluga sturgeon from permits normally required under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Mushroom ends are not animal feed, but must be considered a waste material, says the Netherlands-based Product Board Animal Feed (PDV)

Canada's feed ban is limiting the spread of BSE, according to the findings of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's feed ban review.

Research in creating value-added products – including Aquafeed - from by-products focus of new research center

Applicants from developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region invited for scholarships to Grouper Hatchery Production Training Course