Farewell departs Oceanic Institute; Pruder appointed interim president

A system to support Korean fishery households that convert from raw feed to formulated feed will be implemented in April.

Aquaculture companies should participate in cooperative alliances, former McDonalds director will tell conference

The U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have announced their joint consumer advisory on methylmercury in fish and shellfish for reducing the exposure to high levels of mercury in women who may become pregnant, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and young children.

Low fat and reduced meat consumption for young girls but no further cuts in fatty fish consumption recommended; priority to reducing dioxins in animal feed by curtailing inclusion of feed fats and dioxins in forage also urged

Investigation of a dioxin finding in catfish late last year have led to the discovery of dioxin contamination in feeds shipped to 10 states and Canada

The first USDA-ERS Aquaculture Outlook Report of 2004 says that with a stronger domestic economy and higher prices for livestock and poultry products,domestic aquacultural production is expected to increase in 2004. Higher catfish production is expected to be the chief cause of the increase. Imports of foreign aquacultural products are also expected to expand, but at a slower rate than seen over the last several years.

In the wake of a letter from a House committee, USDA has begun a criminal probe into alleged falsification of records related to the health status of the BSE-positive cow in Washington State.

Aquaculture must continue to expand to meet global needs for aquatic protein but it must be environmentally sustainability if it is to be profitable, Dr. Geoff Allan, the outgoing president of the World Aquaculture Society, told delegates at Aquaculture 2004.

Celebrity TV chef, Graham Kerr - known for decades as the Galloping Gourmet - has expressed his support for farmed salmon in a note on the Salmon of the Americas website

A new industry group, the Consejo Mexicano del Camarón (Mexican Shrimp Council), has been set up to market Mexican shrimp as superior in texture and flavor to those from all other origins.

The coming Australian food revolution is all about one-stop, guilt-free indulgence, say the researchers who are already hard at work designing it.

The work of the U.K. Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Antimicrobial Resistance Coordination (DARC) Group has been published on the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) web site.

A new report that claims a scientific link between fish farms and sea lice infecting wild Canadian salmon is just more misinformation masquerading as science, says Positive Aquaculture Awareness (PAA).

Class action proceedings against several companies for compensation resulting from alleged price fixing of vitamin products used in the animal nutrition market in Australia have been commenced.

World's largest state-of-the-art and fully automatic indoor production facility for Spirulina platensis to be erected along the coast of South Africa.

Cargill Animal Nutrition today announced that it has signed a purchase agreement for the assets of Burris Mill & Feed, Inc. in Franklinton, La., U.S.

Warren Key of Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN)reviews the recent dioxin in farmed salmon issue

The American Feed Industry Association wants feeds included in a new FDA rule describing what kind of qualified claims may be made about the healthful qualities of foods and dietary supplements

FEFAC calls for urgent action to lower production costs