Global oilseed production for 2014/15 is projected at a record 528.9 million tons, up 0.5 million from last month.

Innovation should be focused in two areas: in basic research and development (R&D), to discover new technologies and practices that are implementable at a commercial scale and in business models, which need to change to accelerate the take-up of new technologies and practices in ways that better manage risk and better align investments and returns. The growth of aquaculture is one of Rabbobank\'s \"10 big ideas\"

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released the 2013 Census of Aquaculture results. This report is the result of the third national census conducted by NASS to measure the U.S. aquaculture industry. The last Census of Aquaculture was conducted in 2005.

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The world’s rapidly-growing appetite for seafood is good news for Australia, with the local industry set to ride the surging wave of global demand, according to a new industry report. And Australia is in a ‘box seat’ to take advantage of this growing demand at the high-value premium end of the global market,The report, "Smooth sailing for Australian seafood" by agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank says.

The global market for aquafeed premixes is the fastest growing segment of the global feed premix market. Estimated to grow at a CAGR of 3.8%, demand for aquafeed premixes is expected to reach $381.9 million by 2020

AmeriCorps has released the 2015 AmeriCorps Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the related application instructions, and additional resources needed by applicants.

BBSRC is building capacity in aquaculture research as UK farmed fish and shellfish become a growing component of food supplies. £6M of funding is now available to deliver bioscience and environmental science research projects that address key priorities in aquaculture

Scientist Rama Bangera of Nofima has studied the effect that the cod’s genes have on its resistance to three fatal diseases, and found that the resistance of farmed cod can be increased by selective breeding.

For the first time since 2005, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released a new Census of Aquaculture. In that time, aquaculture sales have increased by 26 percent to $1.37 billion.

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety, which took place in Sydney, Australia, 17-22 March 2013, are now available for download.

The aquafeed market has grown exponentially in the last decade and this trend is expected to continue, confirms yet another market research report. The latest, Aquafeed Market by End Consumption (Fish, Crustaceans, Mollusks, Others), by Additives (Antibiotics, Vitamins, Antioxidants, Amino Acids, Feed Enzymes, Feed Acidifiers, Others), by Geography - Global Trends & Forecasts to 2019has just been published by RnRMarketResearch.com

After a brief period of strong supply expansion in 2014, the global salmon industry is reverting to the \"high-cycle scenario\" present since late 2012. This temporary, but unusually long-lasting, undersupply and high price environment is expected to remain for at least the coming two years. During this period, the salmon farming industry will focus strongly on biosecurity, sustainability, cost control, certification and technological innovations.

WorldFish working together with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies has exposed evidence of aquaculture\'s link to poverty reduction in a new report. Data gathered over a ten-year period provides important evidence for the need to invest in the sector as a way to alleviate global poverty and hunger

This report from Globefish provides up-to-date and complete information on the trade of Anguilla anguilla – eel. Statistical data from the last ten years has been examined, which represents a significant period for an economic evaluation of the sector and for assessing the availability and resilience of the various species, particularly the European eel.

Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) was first used as a pesticide in 1945, and was banned in the EU in 1981. HCB is volatile, lipophilic and bioaccumulates in the food chain. The human exposure through food is low, but HCB is found in fatty foods such a dairy products, meat and fatty fish

Researchers propose \'One Health\' model to guide sustainable growth of aquaculture industry

Norwegian salmon drove growth in an otherwise stable European aquaculture, the latest FEAP annual report says

The plenary session of the recent Adelaide meeting were recorded. The World Aquaculture Society has made these talks available (videos)

We wait in anticipation of droughts and floods when El Niño and La Niña are forecast but what are these climatic events? The simplest way to understand El Niño and La Niña is through the sloshing around of warm water in the ocean