With an initial award of $2.05 million from NOAA, the Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, S.C., has begun research into the quality and safety of U.S. coastal waters and the seafood they contain.

Bullish Peruvian fishmeal market for week November 22/28, 2004

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is embarking upon a process to strategically redesign the organization to keep pace with the rapid change and issues the industry is experiencing.

Potato by-products used in animal feed in the Netherlands blamed for dioxin contamination; 162 European farms closed

A fire leveled the Purdue University aquaculture research and teaching facility near Montmorenci, Ind., early Sunday morning . . .

Nutreco today announced its two-step strategic action plan 'Rebalancing for Growth'.....

Peptides previously isolated from hybrid striped bass may be able to control certain viral diseases in fish and humans, suggests new research published in the journal Virology.

The European Commission has authorized the placing on the market of foods and food ingredients derived from genetically modified maize line NK603 in accordance with the GM Food and Feed Regulation.

FAO receives the Swedish Seafood Award for its work with the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

The biggest seafood research project that the EU has ever sponsored is underway; it will encompass all aspects including feed composition and processing

World Ocean Network is inviting stakeholders to support the campaign and to propose basic principles

New EU limits for contaminants will affect fish and mussels in particular

AAFCO to discuss rules to regulate U.S. feed manufacturing at feed, ingredient and pet food facilities

U.S. soybean checkoff aquaculture program develops prototype offshore ocean cages

Seafood products need to be more appealing to consumers says the Aquaculture Outlook report from the Economic Research Service, USDA, released today.

Canned and smoked fish excluded

Americans consumed a record amount of seafood in 2003; increases are largely attributed to imports, which now account for 78 percent of US consumption

Feed association's risk management program will impact entire food chain

Kent SeaTech Corporation, San Diego, California, has won a U.S. Commerce Department Advanced Technology Program cost-sharing award to develop therapies using naturally occurring bacteriophages and phage-produced enzymes to treat and prevent major bacterial diseases that threaten commercial aquaculture.

The Southern Shrimp Alliance, the U.S. group behind efforts to impose tariffs on imported shrimp, has launched Wild-caught American Shrimp, a marketing campaign aimed to coincide with the deadline for required Country of Origin labeling for shrimp.