Nutrition

Marine Harvest May Improve Offer if Cermaq Votes Against Copeinca

21 May 2013

Summary of Distillers Grains Studies for Pond-Raised Catfish

20 May 2013

Commercial diets for channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) are typically composed of protein and energy sources of plant origin supplemented with lysine, vitamins, and minerals. A small amount of animal protein may be included. The predominant protein source i…

Demand and Supply of Feed Ingredients for Farmed Fish, Crustaceans

Husbandry Sustainability

20 May 2013

The rapid rise and growth of finfish and crustacean aquaculture has been due, in part, to the availability and on-farm provision of feed inputs within the major producing countries. If the aquaculture sector is to maintain its current average growth rate of 8 …

US Catfish Farmers Continue to Address Production Challenges

Husbandry Hatcheries

16 May 2013

Marine Harvest Changes Offer Conditions for Cermaq

Economics

15 May 2013

Seaweed Energy Solutions Makes Acquisition to Cultivate 100,000 Tons of Seaweed

Economics

14 May 2013

Feed Prices Reduced to Boost Aquaculture in Trinidad & Tobago

Economics Politics

14 May 2013

Cermaq-Copeinca Acquisition to Increase Fish Feed Quality

Economics

14 May 2013

Nutrition and Feeding Studies for Pond-Raised Hybrid Catfish

Health Husbandry Catfish / Pangasius

13 May 2013

There has been increasing interest in growing hybrid catfish (female channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus male blue catfish I. furcatus) in Mississippi and the Southeastern region of the United States. Data presented in this report evaluate dietary protein leve…

EU Food and Feed Regulations to be Revised

Sustainability Politics

13 May 2013

EFSA Gives Positive Opinion on Mycotoxin Biotransformation

Health Post-harvest

8 May 2013 Sponsored

Farmed Fish: A Major Provider or a Major Consumer of Omega-3 Oils?

Sustainability Food safety & handling

5 May 2013

Fish and other seafood products are getting more and more attention among consumers due to its health benefits. These benefits are in particular linked to the valuable long chain omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), …

Importance of Fish for Feeding Nine Billion

Sustainability Economics

3 May 2013

Marine Harvest Purchases More Shares in Cermaq

Economics

3 May 2013

Cermaq Rejects Marine Harvest Offer, Copeinca Go-ahead

Economics Politics Salmonids

2 May 2013

Marine Harvest Plans Cermaq Takeover

Husbandry Economics Salmonids

1 May 2013

April 2013

Strong Market with Significant Increase in Spot Prices

Husbandry Hatcheries Salmonids

30 April 2013

Improving Biosecurity Through Prudent and Responsible Use of Veterinary Medicines in Aquatic Food Production

Health Biosecurity

29 April 2013

The current trend towards increasing intensification and diversification of global aquaculture has led to its dramatic growth, thus making aquaculture an important food-producing sector that provides an essential source of aquatic protein for a growing human p…

Dietary Sodium Diformate Effect on Growth Performance of Male Nile Tilapia

Health Husbandry Tilapia / Cichlids

29 April 2013

Although antibiotic growth promoters in the diets of fish may promote growth and improve feed conversion and survival rates, public concern over cross-resistance to humans led to a ban on the use of such substances in the EU. Research has thus turned to other …

Nutreco Fully Aqcuires Egyptian Tilapia Feed Producer

Economics

29 April 2013

Record High Harvest Volume for Marine Harvest in 2012

Husbandry Economics Salmonids

26 April 2013

Stirling Studies Insects as Sustainable Feed Protein

Sustainability

24 April 2013

Effect of Photoperiod on Growth, Survival, Food Consumption and Pigmentation during Larval Stage of California Halibut

Health Husbandry Halibut

22 April 2013

Due to poor growth, survival and abnormal pigmentation during larval development of halibut, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of photoperiod on growth, survival, food consumption and pigmentation in larvae reared under four light regimes.

Aker BioMarine and BioMar Expand Collaboration

Economics

22 April 2013

Marine Harvest Proposes Dividend of NOK 0.10 per Share

Economics

19 April 2013

Good Growth Expected for India's Aqua Feed Market

Economics

18 April 2013

Vegetable Oils in Gilthead Sea Bream Modulate Transcriptomic Response to Infection with Enteromyxum Leei

Health

15 April 2013

Studies conducted with gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) have determined the maximum dietary replacement of fish meal and oil without compromising growth or product quality.

US Soybean Endings Stocks Down from Estimates

Economics

12 April 2013

Harvest Volume Higher than Expected for Marine Harvest

Economics

12 April 2013

China Fishery Group Interest in Copeinca

Economics

12 April 2013

New Fish Cage Operations Technique in Proposed in Magat

Health Husbandry

11 April 2013

Effect of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus Use on Zebrafish

Health Husbandry

8 April 2013

Endogenous microbiota play essential roles in the hosts immune system, physiology, reproduction and nutrient metabolism. Research led by Matteo A. Avella, University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, treated zebrafish from birth to sexual maturation with Lactobacillus…

A Guide to Fishing and Farming Yabby

Politics

8 April 2013

The Australian New South Wales government looks at the prospect of farming yabby. Yabby (Cherax destructor) is the best known of the hundred or so freshwater crayfish species found in Australia (not to be confused with the saltwater yabby, ghost shrimp or pink…

Antimicrobial Activity, Antibiotic Susceptibility and Virulence Factors of Lactic Acid Bacteria of Aquatic Origin Intended for Probiotics in Aquaculture

Health Environment

8 April 2013

Aquaculture has the potential to make a significant contribution to the increasing demand for aquatic food in most world regions; however, in order to achieve this goal, the sector will have to face significant challenges, including the production intensificat…

Utilising Discards not Destined for Human Consumption in Bulk Uses

Sustainability Politics

8 April 2013

A new Seafish report shows that the food chain should be the first choice for discarded fish that could be landed under a future discard ban, but when that is not practicable then utilisation for fishmeal or fish oil reduction for animal feed, is currently the…

Cermaq Acquires Shares and Secures Future Control of Copeinca

Economics

8 April 2013

Taurine is Important for Salmon

Health Education & academia Salmonids

8 April 2013

BioMar Invests in New Feed Trial Unit in Chile

Technology & equipment Economics Trout

5 April 2013

New Report Assesses Bulk Outlets for Discards

Sustainability Politics

4 April 2013

Finishing Diets Strike Balance Between Feeding Costs, Tilapia Fillet Quality

Health Husbandry Tilapia / Cichlids

1 April 2013

In a study, tilapia were fed fish oil or vegetable oil based diets for five months, then switched to a fish oil finishing diet for three months. Results showed growth and feeding efficiencies were not significantly compromised, writes Nicholas Romano et al, Un…