The Global Standard for Responsible Supply (IFFO RS) has recognized the progress being made by Thai and Vietnamese stakeholders to bring the region's fisheries up to higher quality standards in pursuit of certification.

A Swedish project, MultiBio, aims to establish and scale up a new multifunctional biorefinery that uses waste and process water from the pulp and paper industry and produces three renewable bio-based products: hydrogen, biopolymers and protein-rich additive to fish feed.

Claudia Gatica, who was the Deputy Manager of Marketing in Skretting Chile, assumed the Technical Management of Skretting, reporting to the general management in Chile and coordinating the actions of research and product development with the global administration.

A new EU funded project, AquaVitae, will work to increase aquaculture production of low-trophic species, in and around the Atlantic Ocean, in sustainable ways. The project aims to introduce new low trophic species, products and processes in marine aquaculture value chains across the Atlantic.

IFIF highlighted animal nutrition as an important contributor to promote animal health and welfare. Through feed formulation, feed processing and access to nutritional innovation, the feed industry supports animals’ good health with high resilience capabilities to stressors.

With a 25 percent extra production capacity, the company expects to increase flexibility, quality and performance of fish feeds. Construction of the additional production line is expected to be ready in Q4, 2019.

The first aquafeed plant in Cambodia to produce high quality fish feed was constructed under the ASA WISHH Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade (CAST) Cambodia project.

The California Sea Grant College Program is soliciting proposals for projects to begin on/after February 1, 2020. Faculty and academic staff from universities and scientists from research institutions throughout California are invited to apply.

The Steering Committee reached an in-principle agreement on the overall structure and content of the standard and a final draft will be finalized by ASC’s Standards and Science Team.

HATCH, the world’s first sustainable aquaculture accelerator program, is currently calling for applications from aquaculture startups all over the world. Apply by June 28.

An interdisciplinary team of 13 partners from five European countries is working together in a four-year project to optimize the utilization of seafood side-streams by developing new methods to produce nutritional ingredients.

The European Commission concluded that a total level of 60 000 IU of vitamin D3 per kg of complete salmonid feedstuff is safe for consumers and the environment.

Feed innovations selected as AIC candidates The Aquaculture Innovation Challenge, that aims to find innovators boasting great sustainability solutions that target the Indonesian shrimp industry, has selected feed innovations for the final round.

As pioneers on the IFFO RS IP, being the first accepted applicants in 2015, Panama has demonstrated their commitment to improve the fishery as well as how an industry lead multi-stakeholder effort can promote positive change.

As they did with Norway, China signed three new trade agreements with Iceland to export Icelandic products to China.

With the aim of having the best professionals working in Vitapro, the company started with a new trainee plan in Ecuador to provide talent and train to young professionals in the core areas of the company (Technical Advisory and Feed Technology), to nurture the organization with new ideas and generate innovation from the bottom up.

Skretting has held a new training session for Aquagen professionals. The participants of the NUtrainig were able to know and review the Benchmarking of the Aquagen strain and the presentation on Analysis and Interpretation of Productive Results.

The five-year WorldFish-led, USAID-funded project is looking for innovative business ideas/concepts from private sector companies and organizations that have the potential to transform aquaculture in Bangladesh, particularly for women, youth and small-scale farmers.

Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. (LDC) and Guangdong HAID Group Co. Ltd. (HAID) signed a partnership to build a new feed mill in Tianjin, China, to be operated by their joint venture, Tianjin Rongchuan Feed Co. Ltd. The mill will produce high-end aquatic feeds, including prawn feeds, as well as fermented soybean meal.

A new feed formulation, that aims to lower the cost of fish farming and make fish more affordable to the masses, kicked off with field-testing at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in the Philippines.