The SEAFDEC/AQD launched a regional database of alternative feed ingredients to serve as a reference on the different feed ingredients that, depending on cost and availability, may be used to produce cheaper feed. The database currently lists over 70 different feed ingredients along with their nutritional composition and optimal inclusion levels.

Ictyogroup has entered into a three-year partnership with Skretting Africa to combine health with feed and nutritional products for a better serve of tilapia farmers.

The company has launched a new diet, MaGro, that aims at helping tuna farmers to avoid the biosecurity risks and sustainability issues associated with baitfish diets. The new diet, that is available in Japan, is a soft extruded feed for bluefin tuna that has been created using patented production technology.

BioMar partnered with Agro World Group, a local distributor of BioMar based in Cameroon, to launch the first commercial scale cage fish farm in Congo. There are currently 20 cages, with an annual production capacity of 150 tons of tilapia and African catfish. The company expects to grow to 120 cages in two years.

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million to develop innovative technologies targeting global markets with Canadian partners.

InnovaFeed, a French start-up that produces high-quality insect meal for aquaculture, has achieved Friend of the Sea and Friend of the Earth certifications.

David Webster has been named enterprise leader of Cargill Animal Nutrition.

Borregaard, a Norwegian biorefinery, has received funding of NOK 7.6 million for a project involving the extraction of bioactive substances from spruce. Applications include animal feed and shrimp farming.

Dr. Luis Conceição, co-founder, CEO and R&D director at SPAROS Lda., will explain how modelling tools to predict fish performance, biochemical composition and environmental impacts are a promising technology, already used in the terrestrial animal production industry. Such tools allow the integration of abundant published information and other existing knowledge regarding fish nutrition, into mathematical equations. These models range from statistical regression analysis to simple bioenergetic approaches, and the more developed nutrient-based models.

Researchers from the University of Idaho with USDA-ARS have raised a rainbow trout species on a fully plant-based diet after a genetic selection research.

According to a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service, Anthony Smith has pleaded guilty to fraud after claiming up to £4.7 million worth of European Union and Welsh Government grants.

The objective of the study is to evaluate the suitability and positive effects of the soluble fish concentrates on the production and immune response of poultry and shrimp.

A new feeding plant is under construction and is expected to produce sufficient feed for Mowi's farms.

The company is testing new formulations on rainbow trout.

Cargill intends to invest $1 billion in Latin America over the next five years, taking advantage of favorable political conditions in key countries of the region.

To fulfill the potential for Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal to be used in commercial aquafeed procduction, knowledge is needed about how it influences the production process and the product properties.

A study performed by Darling Ingredients tested pig blood plasma as a replacement of fishmeal in shrimp.

Norwegian minister of fisheries Harald T. Nesvik announced a 254,000 tons quota for copepods for this year.

Simon Seward was named Aker BioMarine’s new VP QRILL Sales in Asia.

New research has found that adding Trimethylamine Oxide (TMAO) to diets containing soybean meal reduces nutritional stress and may improve overall performance in farmed rainbow trout.