Three people working in fish hatcheries in the Asia-Pacific region have been selected as Skretting Scholars to attend a training course in Grouper Hatchery Production organised by the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific.

Jean-Jacques Sabaut Honored

Responding to fears of an imminent collapse of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean, major fish buyers in Japan and Europe are threatening a boycott unless drastic measures are taken to protect the threatened stock, claims WWF

The Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Consortium, a group of 240 researchers from more than 70 institutions in 11 countries, recently announced the sequencing of the California purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

$5.5 million for fisheries and aquaculture

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a draft 10-Year Plan for the NOAA Aquaculture Program

Thursday, December 14, 2-3:30 pm (ET) from AFIA Headquarters (open to members and non-members of AFIA)

A United Nations-backed partnership that has made the first attempt ever to provide a framework for responsible shrimp farm management has won the World Bank’s 2006 Green Award

New information about the differences between marine and vegetable protein sources used in aquafeed

HQSM at Growth Crossroads

Adapting agriculture, forestry and fisheries policies and practices to climate variability

Industrial-sized fish could further deplete our marine fisheries, says Food and Water Watch

His Majesty King Abdullah sees plans for world's largest and fully integrated sustainable shrimp farm

Sustainability and prices discussed at annual IFFO conference

Dr. Mette Sørensen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, to discuss effect of raw ingredient formulations and extrusion processing parameters on nutritional and technical quality of aquafeeds at upcoming conference

Dr. Kenneth Brooks described several serious shortcomings in his review on paper that claims a major negative impact on wild salmon from salmon farms

APHIS order restrictis interstate shipments of live fish from the Great Lakes region, in an attempt to halt the spread of VHS

The USDA Office of Inspector General has criticized as inappropriate a major donation of Nonfat Dry Milk to Mississippi State University - ostensibly for catfish nutrition research

Markos Kyprianou, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, welcomed the adoption of a new Directive on the health of farmed fish and shellfish and disease control in the aquaculture sector, at the Agriculture Council yesterday

A report on the Texas A&M 13th Annual Practical Short Course on Aquaculture Feed Extrusion, Nutrition, and Feed Management.