Daniel Bercovici was re-elected as IFIF chairman for the 2020-2021 term of office at IFIF’s 32nd General Assembly.

The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance called the plan highly irresponsible with potentially serious and far-reaching negative consequences for Canadian jobs and the environment.

The fund has invested in Fisher Piscicultura, a Brazilian tilapia farm that combines optimal farming location and an innovative cage system.

AQUASOJA identified several agri-food by-products as potential fishmeal and fish oil replacements to be used by the aquafeed industry. Results will be presented at Aquaculture Europe 2019.

The GST tax will be applied to fishmeal starting from October 1 with an expected increase in aquafeed price.

The expert panel will advise on sustainability commitments best practices.

Corbion and BioMar partnered with Norwegian-based Salmon Group to supply feed with a variety of alternative ingredients including Corbion’s AlgaPrime™ DHA.

Vietnam has made massive investments to reach the EVFTA. Through the brokerage sessions of EURASTiP, the Vietnamese industry showed its willingness to improve its productivity and sustainability through new investments and developments.

Aquaaconnect is an AI-enabled platform that integrates Asia’s leading network for aquaculture farmers with predictive SaaS tools for farm management and an omnichannel marketplace.

A multi-state consortium received a $1.2 million grant to study how to optimally grow Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in land-based aquaculture systems.

BioMar and French rainbow trout producer Aquadis Naturellement partner to bring a natural and sustainable seafood choice to consumers. The French company’s rainbow trout will be fed with BioMar’s SalveaTM, a new feed concept based on two pillars - closer to nature and with a sustainable profile.

Salmon Group removes Brazilian soy from their fish feed with immediate effect. Along with adjustments made earlier, the footprint of their feed is now reduced by 50 percent compared to the standard fish feed in the industry.

The founding partners of the Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI) are now establishing a legal non-profit institute, under the same name, to make publicly available an expanded regional and sectorial animal nutrition LCA database by consolidating the existing LCA datasets GFLI developed for the European Union, United States and Canada.

The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy launched their latest report that pinpoints several action areas for aquaculture. BioMar joined the Advisory Network in its commitment to support the ocean-based climate action.

Cooke Inc. acquired the Skretting's fish feed mill in Invergordon, Scotland, establishing the Northeast Nutrition Scotland Limited. The acquisition follows the Skretting’s announcement in November 2018 to cease manufacturing activities in the UK.

The New Zealand government unveiled an ambitious aquaculture plan over the next seven years to become a $3 billion industry by 2035.

Heterotrophic treatment resulted in an increased amount of sludge removed and greater nitrogen and phosphorous recoveries.

Javier Ojeda, Marc-Philip Buckhout and Addy Risseeuw were elected as representatives of the General Assembly.

A new project involving the University of Stirling and the Denis Brinicombe Group aims at helping combat resistance to existing salmon delousing treatments and discovering how novel feed ingredients can substantially improve aquatic animal health and reduce dependence upon medicinal and other non-medicinal treatments.

Cefas and the University of Exeter scientists present a novel concept that acknowledges that all organisms are in fact complex communities of viruses, microbes and other small organisms (e.g. parasites) that can interact to affect health or disease status at any given time.