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Issue 40 Vol 20, October 8, 2020. Previous issues are archived at www.aquafeed.com
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Nutreco backs US land-based salmon operation in Nevada 
West Coast Salmon AS closed first stage equity financing with lead anchor investors Bregal Partners and Nutreco N.V. and initiates the development of RAS Atlantic salmon farming facility serving the U.S. West Coast market, with the first harvest planned for the second half of 2024.
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Cargill introduces fully compostable feed bags
The company becomes the first salmon feed producer to introduce this initiative in the market to help reduce its carbon footprint. 
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$372 million Series C funding for the completion of the world’s largest insect farm 
Ÿnsect extended its Series C funding that will also let the company expand beyond Europe and Asia into the United States, with the support of its first US-based investors.
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£10 million funding to accelerate UK industrial insect farming
A £10 million funding project, led by Entocycle, will deliver a complete demonstrator system for the conversion of food waste into insect-based animal feed and biofertiliser.
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GMO soybean gets EU approval for feed use
The European Commission authorized Bayer’s XtendFlex soybean technology for food, feed, import and processing in the European Union.
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USGC conducting research on DDGS use in shrimp feed
The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) set an ambitious goal in early 2020 to create 1.125 million tons of new demand for U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) in Southeast Asia by targeting the aquafeed industry.
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DSM completes acquisition of Erber Group
Royal DSM completed the acquisition of Erber Group for an enterprise value of €980 million.
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• How to solve iron toxicity in rainbow trout
• Menon’s protein ingredient replaces fishmeal while improving immune system in shrimp
• Compeer Financial donates $50,000 to Illinois’ new Feed Technology Center
• Hamlet Protein introduces new website

Peruvian & European fishmeal
Prices per m/t FOB vessel Peru port ranged from US$ 1,120/1,140 m/t for 65/66% protein to US$ 1,470/1,490 for 68% protein, 500 hist, 120 TVN. European fishmeal prices are in the range of US$1,435 – $1,585. 
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WWF’s roadmap for sustainable shrimp supply chain
“The Blueprint for Future Proofing Shrimp Supply Chains” is a challenge to businesses that buy, sell, produce or benefit from farmed shrimp to achieve sustainable goals by 2025.
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IN THIS ISSUE:

• Development of hatchery technology for European eel aquaculture: first results on on-growing in feeding larval culture
• Using DNA tools to produce resistant shrimps
• Genomic selection for resistance to bacterial cold water disease
• Shrimp breeding: The importance and complexity of a successful breeding program
• Cryopreservation: A valuable tool for hatcheries
• Exploring algae as functional ingredients in Senegalese sole microdiets 

Next issue: Hatchery Buyer’s Guide & Directory 2020
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New schedule for 2021 VNU events
VIV Asia was postponed to September 22-24, 2021, ILDEX Vietnam to July 21-23, 2021 and ILDEX Indonesia and Aquatica Asia to November 24-26, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Aquaculture Europe 2020 goes online
The board of the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) decided that the Aquaculture Europe 2020 event, to be held in Cork in April 2021, will become an online event to be held on the same dates, from April 12-15, 2021.
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October:

• 9:   Transformation of enzyme technology in animal nutrition, Kemin
• 13-14:  Indonesian Aquafeed Conference
• 14:   Drying and cooling in the production of aquafeed, Wenger
• 14:   Osmoregulation and ionic balance in shrimp, Adisseo
• 15:   R&D on bacterial communities and microbiota in aquaculture, FHF
• 21:   Health management of recirculated aqua facilities, Phibro Aqua
• 22:   FiT – Custom feeding tables for your farm and feeds, Sparos
• 27:   How pre- and probiotics increase feed efficiency in aquaculture, Biochem
• 27:   FEEDNETICS^TM for fish farmers – evaluate aquafeeds and farming conditions, Sparos

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