DSM Dyneema Expands Collaborations
NETHERLANDS - Partners will explore opportunities to assist South America’s fish farming industry with improved netting solutions DSM Dyneema and Badinotti Group, a manufacturer of netting for commercial fishing, have expanded their collaboration to...

Nutreco Agreement over Salmon Feed for Marine Harvest
NETHERLANDS - International animal nutrition and fish feed company Nutreco's subsidiary Skretting, the world's leading fish feed producer has agreed a two-year salmon feed supply contract with Marine Harvest, the largest producer of farmed salmon in the...

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health appoints Executive Team
THE NETHERLANDS – Schering-Plough appointed the Executive Team members of the company’s global animal health unit: Intervet / Schering- Plough Animal Health. These appointments define the major steps in the design process of the animal health unit. The...

Aquaculture Event to Foster International Cooperation
NETHERLANDS - The European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) and EUREKA, the pan-European network, are to stage a seminar on research and business in aquaculture.

Dutch Minister Launches Innovation Grant Scheme
NETHERLANDS - Dutch agriculture minister Verburg van Landbouw, responsible for environment and food quality (LNV) is to launch a new subsidy scheme for 'Innovation in the Fish Chain' today.

Nutreco Gets Nelsons for € 11 million
NETHERLAND - Nutreco's fish feed subsidiary Skretting has acquired Nelson and Sons, Inc, for €11 million. The manufacturer of Silver Cup fish feed.

Thorny Properties Reduce Bio-fouling and Costs
NETHERLANDS - NEW TECHNOLOGY: A novel advance in netting for fish farms is offering significant benefits to aquaculture businesses - both physically and financially.

Cell Aquaculture buys Dutch barramundi facility
HOLLAND - Worldwide barramundi farming specialist Cell Aquaculture Limited (CAQ) has negotiated to buy out its joint venture partner to own 100 per cent of Cell Aquaculture Netherlands BV. The group advised the main asset is the Tolbert barramundi facility...

New feed additive protects Astaxanthin
THE NETHERLANDS - Nutritional additives specialist DSM has developed an innovative carotenoid enhancer that increases the stability of Astaxanthin during processing and storage of aquaculture feeds.

Raising shrimp with recycled heat
NETHERLANDS - In a happy marriage between gastronomy and sustainable development, two savvy Dutchmen have devised a way to tap waste heat from a power plant to raise tropical shrimp for the food market.

Schering-Plough buy Intervet Animal Health Business
NETHERLANDS - American based company Schering-Plough has announced it is to acquire the Dutch veterinary company Intervet as part of its buy out of Organon BioSciences, the pharmaceutical division of chemical company Akzo Nobel.

Intervet sees 6% global growth
THE NETHERLANDS - Revenues at Intervet increased by 3% to EUR 1,125 million boosted by strong autonomous growth of 6% across all regions and product lines.

New vaccine production plant opened by Intervet
THE NETHERLANDS – Intervet, the world’s largest producer of vaccines for animals, has just opened a new production facility for vaccines in Boxmeer, the Netherlands.

Kiotech shows positive results in fish trials
NETHERLANDS - Kiotech International plc has been conducting large-scale trials at commercial aquaculture facilities to assess the efficacy of its pheromone-based feeding attractants in full scale commercial situations. Initial results from these trials...

Intervet support AwF
NETHERLANDS - Intervet International bv is dedicating its 2006 Christmas donation (in lieu of sending out Christmas and New Year cards) to four non-governmental organizations (NGO’s).

Newsletter editor ends 6-year term
Dr. William Enright, International Marketing & Pharmaceutical Manager for the Aquatic Animal Health (AAH) Division, has decided to return to his native country of Ireland.

Intervet appoints Ellen de Brabander as a member of the company’s Executive Committee
THE NETHERLANDS - Intervet, Akzo Nobel’s veterinary pharma business, announces that Ellen de Brabander – van den Berg (43) has been appointed as a member of Intervet’s Executive Committee, effective October 1, 2006. Ellen de Brabander will succeed Klaus...

Registration Opens for Aquafeed Horizons
THE NETHERLANDS - Registration has started for Aquafeed Horizons, a major international conference for the aquaculture feed sector and the organisers suggest you register as soon as you can to take advantage of low delegate fees.

Fish farming company takes over catfish processor
THE NETHERLANDS - Fishion Processing has announced that it aims to take over Walraven Visverwerking BV., the largest Dutch Catfish processor.

Nutreco reduces shareholding in Marine Harvest
THE NETHERLANDS - Nutreco shareholders voted unanimously on Friday at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in Amsterdam in favour of the reduction of Nutreco's 75% shareholding in the leading aquaculture company Marine Harvest N.V. Nutreco...

Chilean Salmon Farmers visit Intervet
THE NETHERLANDS - As part of their ‘AquaTrends 2005’ trip in August, a group of fifteen Chilean managers in the salmon industry travelled through four European countries to learn about the most advanced research and production facilities of several European-based...

Meat supplies 40% of total vitamin B12 intake on average
THE NETHERLANDS - Vitamin B12 is found only in animal products. On average, 40% of our total intake of this vitamin is supplied by meat. Vitamin B12 is vital for the synthesis of red blood cells and DNA and for maintaining a healthy nervous system.