Cargill (Mac) MacMillan, Jr., great grandson of Cargill founder W.W. Cargill and son of Cargill MacMillan, past president of Cargill, passed away on Monday, November 14. He was 84.

Widespread practice creates resistance genes, promoting antibiotic resistance, Tufts University School of Medicine review study shows

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published updated guidance for the risk assessment of food and feed derived from genetically modified (GM) plants. The document expands on previous EFSA guidance and reflects the latest scientific developments in areas such as assessment of allergenicity and selection of the comparator plant against which the GM plant is compared. It also establishes a new statistical methodology to further strengthen the risk assessment of GM plants

The US Department of Agriculture has awarded a $2 million grant towards improving aquaculture capacity and productivity in Pakistan. Aquafeed availability is a major bottleneck for aquaculture development in the country and this grant will fund a three-year joint project by the American Soybean Association (ASA) and the Fisheries Development Board (FDB) of Pakistan to address this issue

At the final wrap up and closing session of the Aquaculture Europe 2011 event organized by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) in Rhodes, Greece, Dr. Pascal Divanach, Director of the Institute of Aquaculture and member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR), was presented with an Honorary Life Membership of EAS

Long Island Aquarium has announced that after years of focused effort, Aquaculturist Todd Gardner has successfully raised reef basslets through its entire larval stage, hopefully paving the way for more widespread aquaculture of these rare and expensive fish

Nutreco aims at further growth in markets for non-salmonid species to a share of 45% of fish feed revenues in 2016 and announces a second phase of investment in extra production capacity of the aquafeed plant in Averøy Norway, totaling EUR 66 million

Salmon and rainbow trout digest protein in plant-based feed better with inclusion of acid salts in combination with high temperature during extrusion, a doctoral thesis by Thea Morken from Aquaculture Protein Centre shows

Due to the lack of sufficient data on the performance of industrial-scale photobioreactors, fermentation, dewatering/harvesting and extraction equipment, the National Algae Association (NAA) announcing a new collaborative testing center starting in The Woodlands, Texas, USA, beginning in January, 2012

Cargill Vietnam has completed the asset purchase of a shrimp feed mill located south of Ho Chi Minh City from Higashimaru Vietnam Co. LTD. The sale will give Cargill full ownership of the mill and will be Cargill’s first investment in Vietnam’s shrimp feed industry

The Indiana Soybean Alliance has announced the formation of the Soy Aquaculture Alliance (SAA), a new national aquaculture organization focused on expanding the U.S. aquaculture industry through increased use of soybeans in fish diets; Dr. Steve Hart named executive director

By 2012 more than 50 percent of the world's food fish consumption will come from aquaculture

The Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) presented its annual award for excellence in European aquaculture to Bjørn Myrseth in recognition of his past and continuing contributions to aquaculture in Europe

Call for data and experts on public health risk of histamine and other biogenic amines from fish and fishery products - Deadline: 31 December 2011

The Thai government will lift import quotas for animal feed raw materials for up to three years in an effort to help manufacturers make longer-term business plans. Import quotas for soybean meal and fishmeal, which have been reviewed annually, will now be reviewed every three years. Maize quotas will still be reviewed every year

As part of efforts to promote greater transparency in international markets, the IGC compiles detailed daily information on prices for a wide range of grains and oilseeds, covering both physical and futures markets. Given the increased turbulence in global grains and oilseeds markets in recent years there has never been a greater need for more timely and up-to-date information. With a view to capturing the broad underlying trends across key markets – thus providing a useful tool for all participants, including analysts and policy makers – the IGC Secretariat has introduced a new daily Grains and Oilseeds Index (IGC GOI). A trade-weighted measure of international price movements across seven key commodities, namely wheat, maize (corn), barley, sorghum, rice, soyabeans and rapeseed/canola, the index is calculated each day using 22 US dollar-denominated daily export quotations at leading origins

The Best Aquaculture Practices certification program has expanded its international marketing team with the addition of Roy Palmer as BAP's new business development manager for Australasia. Palmer will help manage relationships with seafood suppliers, buyers, retailers and foodservice outlets on the Australian continent for BAP

Fish are increasingly being fed vegetable matter, which could lead to a build-up of residual pesticides in them. A new test shows how high the risk of contamination really is

New fishery management benchmarks for Atlantic menhaden were established today in an effort to increase its population to four times the current size. The measure was adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), the interstate body that governs the menhaden fishery

Thousands of tests have shown that there is no ISA virus in B.C. salmon, farmed or wild, contrary to claims by activists