To help counter the misleading and often quoted assertion by both scientists and media commentators that it takes about 4 kg of wild fish to grow 1 kg of salmon, Ewos Innvation, the Research and Development company of Cermaq, has published a more accurate way to calculate the Fish In to Fish Out ratio

Scientists at Nofima Ingrediens have discovered a new component in fish feed that influences muscle firmness in salmon

How Green groups and the Federal government put America’s poorest children at risk - a report from Mercuryfacts.org

U.S. Market for Seafood, with a Focus on Fresh report focuses on predictions and recommendations regarding the future of the seafood industry in US

Market possibilities for dorada, seabass and rainbow trout - Polish market

Aquaculture in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – Development and co-operation possibilities

Survey of the fish industry in Turkey - Focus on co-operation and investment possibilities

NOAA's Aquaculture Program has released a new report, "Overcoming Technical Barriers to the Sustainable Development of Competitive Marine Aquaculture in the United States"

Studies among first to document cognitive improvements with greater fish or omega-3 consumption in childhood and adolescence

Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during August was 113,293 tons, down 4 percent from August 2008, but up 5 percent from the previous month

High dioxin content in samples of eel; low levels of contaminants in mackerel and a generally low level of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in oils for human consumption

Report provides an overview of the different angles under which the environmental sustainability of industrial compound feed should be considered

Almost half of all farmed salmon suffer from inflammation of the heart and nine out of 10 have excess epicardial fat, a fresh Master’s thesis shows

Market report just published

By Nicole Aulerich, Linwood Hoffman, and Gerald Plato
USDA ERS Outlook Report No. (FDS-09G-01) 44 pp, August 2009

An electronic version of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual report, Fisheries of the United States 2008, is now available

Hydrolysed proteins – peptides – from fish can affect the production and distribution of bile acids and thus reduce the development of obesity in rats

Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during June was 96,580 tons, down 21 percent from June 2008, but up 62 percent from the previous month

EU-27 feed production reached 150.6 million tonnes in 2008, not counting Luxembourg, Malta and Greece

Consumer demand for organic products has widened over the last decade. While new producers have emerged to help meet demand, market participants report that a supply squeeze is constraining growth for both individual firms and the organic sector overall

Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during April was 32,737 tons, down 16 percent from April 2008, but up 65 percent from the previous month. Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 31,621 tons, down 17 percent from the corresponding month a year ago. Feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totaled 1,116 tons, up 13 percent from the corresponding month a year ago.

If climate awareness is an issue when it comes to deciding the dinner menu, salmon is a better option than both pork and beef, according to a Life Cycle Assessment study