Omega Protein welcomed Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s to the Company’s Reedville fishing facility at the end of June, where he signed a proclamation officially setting the Commonwealth’s menhaden harvest level at 158,700 metric tons, a 10 percent increase over last year’s levels.

Global animal health and nutrition leader Alltech is actively expanding its European operations with the acquisition of Produs AS and Produs Aqua AS, both of which have extensive experience in the Norwegian agriculture and aqua industries.

BIOMIN opened its new Aquaculture Center for Applied Nutrition at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on 30 June 2015, which will focus on finding innovative solutions for industry challenges.

FAMSUN, the Chinese company responsible for the successful delivery and installation of extruded shrimp feed production lines at the Godrej project, in Hanuman Junction, Andhra Pradesh, has been chosen to deliver a new project in Bangladesh.

Mr Allen (Ming-Hsun) Wu, Nutriad Regional Manager Aquaculture – Asia Pacific, and Dr S Felix, Tamilnadu Fisheries University, India won the recent 2015 WAS APC Board elections

Chinese fish company Yuanchzhen has announced its intention to build a fishmeal production plant in the Sakhalin Oblast region, a set of islands off the Eastern coast of Russia.

European feed additives manufacturer Nutriad, has appointed Mr. Ho, Gim Chong as Commercial/Technical Manager Aquaculture SE Asia to reinforce its team of aqua experts in the region.

Norel has just launched a mobile phone and tablet optimised website, and has changed the web address from www.norel.es to www.norel.net. This change gives the company a more international feel, as it expands in the global marketplace.

In an internal rotation the BioMar Group has appointed the R&D Director for BioMar Norway Håvard Jørgensen as new Global R&D Director, while Patrick Campbell takes over as Managing Director of BioMar UK, replacing Guy Mace, who retires. At the same time Roger Hendry will join BioMar as Global Technical Director.

In the presence of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Belgium, during a recent official state visit of to the People’s Republic of China, the CEO of Belgian software company Adifo and the President of Chinese aquatic feed manufacturer Tongwei, confirmed their business partnership with an official signing ceremony.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Phase Two of the American Soybean Association's World Initiative for Soy in Human Health FEEDing Pakistan program to further develop Pakistan's aquaculture sector and its use of feeds made from U.S. soy.

Nutriad, which provides health-promoting feed additives and services for the aquaculture industry, successfully promoted their portfolio at the recent World Aquaculture Conference in Jeju, South Korea.

Alltech, the global leader in animal health and nutrition, outlined at World Aquaculture 2015, the work being undertaken to characterize the gut microbiome of rainbow trout and analyze the effect of diet on its composition.

Alicorp’s Animal Nutrition Division owned by the Romero Group has been brought under the Vitapro name in Ecuador, Peru and Chile.

Wenger has just launched a new Automatic Density Control system for the control of wet bulk density, during the production of pet foods. The new equipment integrates three existing process components to provide an efficient monitoring and control system.

US Menhaden producer Daybrook Fisheries has just signed a deal with the South African Oceana Group, which is buying 100% of the company.

Adifo, the Belgian company producing strategic software tools for feed and food producers, is to be part of a state visit to China at the end of June. Representatives from the company will be part of a 100-strong business delegation accompanying King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, who have been invited by President Xi Jinping.

The latest issue of Biomin\'s magazine, Science & Solutions, focuses on the results of the 2014 BIOMIN Mycotoxin Survey

Lab services accreditation coincides with 50th anniversary

MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in the USA and Canada) has introduced AQUAVAC® PD3, a single-injection vaccine that protects against the three main pathogens affecting salmon in the UK and Ireland. The vaccine protects against pancreas disease—one of the most costly diseases affecting the salmon industry—as well as furunculosis and infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN).