The Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) reported that the first 2020 anchovy fishing season in the north-central region completed 96.7% of the assigned quota, meaning a catch of 2.3 million tons.

The Ecuadorian shrimp sector announced a serious contraction in its production and exports as a result of the market crisis and reduced demand.

The Pakistani government has been working on a pilot project to convert locust into poultry feed and plans to test it in fish feeds as a measure to provide revenue to farmers hit by locust swarms.

This case was part of a set of complaints that Sernapesca filed against companies that produce and commercialize fishmeal from the Biobío region that ended with more than 7,500 tons of fishmeal seized.

The federation introduced a new logo and website and also announced that the XXIX Congress will be held from September 24 – 25, 2020 in Antwerp, Belgium as a physical event.

Folium Science partnered with fish nutrition experts to test Guided Biotics® technology, a feed solution that targets specific pathogens and can replace antibiotics.

Constance Cullman and Mallory Gaines were appointed to serve on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service’s Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) and Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Trade in Animals and Animal Products, respectively.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre has opened an ongoing rapid-response funding call to support Scotland’s growing aquaculture sector through the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CPF) is developing “Aquaculture 5.0” shrimp farm in the USA that can be cultured anywhere, any time of the year and that will use feeds made from ingredients which are all sustainable, being neither marine meals nor soybeans from sensitive areas.

Since 2013, Soja de Portugal group and its commercial aquaculture brand, Aquasoja, is one of the associate members of BCSD Portugal - Business Council for Sustainable Development.

REACT-FIRST will obtain critical data about cost, digestibility, nutritional quality and carbon footprint of single-cell protein, Proton^TM, produced by Deep Branch, used in fish and poultry feed.

China has suspended imports from three Ecuadorean shrimp producers after detecting coronavirus in recent shipments.

A team of researchers found that yeast-based MOS bolster the gut and skin mucosal barriers of seawater Atlantic salmon reinforcing skin response to sea lice.

A U.S. $3-million project will develop a scalable and deployable carbon-negative bioreactor system to capture carbon dioxide from power plant flue gases to produce microalgae.

The panelists of the inaugural session of Talking with Titans series discussed issues related to the sustainability of the industry, usefulness of alternative raw materials, proliferation of genetically modified raw materials and culture animals, and their short- and long-term impact on human health and society as a whole.

Marine ingredients’ production and consumption are not projected to decline for the time being, but they will certainly be utilized more and more as strategic ingredients in feed diets made of a bigger variety of feed components, according to Enrico Bachis reflection on SOFIA 2020 report.

Ian McIntosh has decided to retire in September 2020 and Michael Gelchie will replace him as chief executive officer.

Shrimp farming methods in Thailand have improved since Seafood Watch last assessed Thai farmed shrimp, prompting the change in rating from Red to Yellow.

Promoting farmed fish well-being with optimized feeds helps fish cope with different types of stressors that compromise animal health and survival.

A European project validated the use of beer byproducts, such as bagasse and yeast, for their use as ingredients for aquafeeds and found no sensory differences when comparing with fish fed on commercial diets.