A huge sell-out trade show looks set to be a highlight in its own right of the upcoming Australasian Aquaculture 04 conference

A group bringing together consumers, the food industry, retailers and farmers is being created to facilitate consultation and dialogue between the European Commission and European organisations on food safety policy.

HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc., a Delaware, U.S., corporation engaged in integrated aquaculture and aquatic product processing, announced today that it has acquired Hainan Jiahua Marine Bio-products Company Limited (Jiahua), a leading nutraceutical and healthcare products company in China, located in Wenchang City of Hainan Province, the PRC. The purchase price in this acquisition was $20 million.

New Study Shows Benefits to Postmenopausal Women With Coronary Artery Disease, Particularly Those With Diabetes

In the first study involving cardiac patients that is related directly to the formulation of salmon feed, results have shown that eating farmed salmon brings measurable benefits to people who have been diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CHD) - and the higher the content of marine omega-3 in the feed on which the salmon were raised, the better it is for the cardiac patients.

Network set up to enhance technology transfer to European aquaculturists

The Aquaculture Association of Queensland (AAQ) Conference to be held at Hervey Bay next week will highlight new technologies that may significantly boost the industry.

Government of Canada Assures Public That Farmed and Wild Salmon Are Safe to Consume

With the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) now enjoying legislative support, the way is open for Australia’s seafood industry to pursue new opportunities in and through the United States, says Australian Seafood Industry Council .

NGFA urges FDA to await results of data before changing BSE feed rules

Grants awarded to OI to test new methods used to raise several Pacific fish species by marine aquaculture

BC Salmon Farmers Association responds to rescently released PBDEs study by Hites

Advanced BioNutrition has received a NOAA / SBIR Grant for a study on replacing fishmeal and fish oil in aquafeeds

Pilot Program Would Target Antibiotic Residues

CP to double shrimp production in 2005

Pointer to lead Australia’s premier marine research agency to develop collaborations and commercial relationships

Nutreco Aquaculture’s first half operating result was EUR 4.0 million, a decrease of EUR 5.6 million compared with the first-half 2003 figure

Conference in Spain to examine the impact of supply and demand on the European shrimp market

The United States Department of Commerce today announced preliminary margins on imported shrimp from Brazil ranging from zero percent to 67.8 percent, from Ecuador ranging from 6.08 percent to 9.35 percent, from India ranging from 3.56 percent to 27.49 percent and from Thailand ranging from 5.56 percent to 10.25 percent. These duties will take effect in approximately one week.

In a blind taste test using fresh Atlantic salmon and fresh wild sockeye, farmed came up trumps