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Mislabelled salmon sill on sale in the UK
The UK supermarket, Sainsbury’s, still selling mainland farmed salmon labeled as being from Skye, Lewis or Uist, almost eight weeks after apologising publicly for the ‘error’, according to the Salmon...
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23/07/13: Staniford to pay costs to Mainstream Canada; Cermaq sells Ewos;...
Anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford has been ordered to pay Mainstream Canada CAD$75,000 in costs after the British Columbia Court of Appeal overturned a previous ruling in favour of...
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Andrtiz
The Andritz Group is a global market leader in the supply of plants, equipment, and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, for solid/liquid separation in the municipal and...
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24/07/13: International Sturgeon Symposium; milkfish aquaculture in Kiribati;...
Not all caviar is created equal. That's one of the messages from the 7th International Symposium on Sturgeon held in Canada this week. Mislabeling and confusing product names means that snail and...
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New! IAF article: Maintaining ingredient quality in extruded feeds
In this article from International Aquafeed July/August 2013, Mian Riaz, Texas A&M University, USA, looks at the impact of extrusion on finished feed quality.Extrusion processing using a...
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25/07/13: Tracking chinnock salmon; LED nets warn sea turtles; sunburn...
Ever had the feeling you are being watched? Usually we dismiss such feeling as paranoia, but for the chinnock salmon there's some truth behind the feeling.Researchers at Project Watershed in...
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Beneo
BENEO-Animal Nutrition offers a broad range of nature based ingredients that improve nutritional value to the petfood, agri and aquafeed markets. It covers speciality ingredients such as vegetable...
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BC's salmon farmers moving ahead with recommendations of Cohen Commission
In a follow-up to the Cohen Commission recommendations, the BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has continued work on gathering additional scientific evidence to further demonstrate that fish farms...
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26/07/13: Water guns to fight Asian carp; the benefits of good fisheries...
Water guns and pheromones are the new weapons in the fight against Asia carp in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river system in the USA.The new tactics are detailed in the president's 2013 Asian...
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Video: Fish with 'human' teeth
This video should come with a warning; it's not for the faint hearted. I don't know why fish teeth are so disturbing, but these gnashers are truly terrifying!
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BioMar
The BioMar group is one of the leading suppliers of high performance fish feed to the aquaculture industry. The main business areas are feed for salmon and trout in Norway, the United Kingdom, and...
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29/07/13: Tackling early onset sexual maturity in cod; farming beluga...
Early onset of sexual maturity is a problem in cod aquaculture because of negative effects on growth, feed conversion and health. Farmed cod that escape can also affect the genes of wild fish. Research...
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New! IAF article: Chelated minerals in aquafeeds
Alvaro Rodriquez of Liptosa, Spain, writes about the importance of chelated mineral in aquafeeds.Trace minerals found in mammals and birds are very important in the metabolism of the aquaculture...
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30/07/2013: IRSC students receive aquaculture training; New Brunswick oyster...
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University (HBOI-FAU), USA and Indian River State College (IRSC), USA, are offering an educational programme that will offer college students...
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Biomin
BIOMIN offers sustainable animal nutrition products such as quality feed additives and premixes, which include solutions for mycotoxin risk management, a groundbreaking natural growth promoting concept...
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New! IAF article: FOCUS | Probiotics - Effect of probiotic, Hydroyeast...
In this article, FF Khalil, Ahmed Ismail Mehrim and Montaha E M Hassan of Al-Mansoura University, Egypt, discuss the effect of probiotic, Hydroyeast Aquaculture as growth promoter for adult Nile...
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Event: Aquarama and Pet Asia 2013 report
How does one gauge the success of a show? Is it determined by the number of people who pass through the doors...or is it based on the amount of business done by the exhibitors? Whichever criterion is...
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Warming seas alter fish neurology: Biodiversity to disappear over the next...
Climate change will see biodiversity in our seas decline massively over the next 100 years, according to scientists due to present their work to the IUPS 2013 Congress.It is expected that global...
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31/07/13: Worms in aquafeeds; UK jellyfish invasion; shellfish poisoning testing
Worms are not an ingredient you often see listed as a feed ingredient but that might be about the change. Scientists at Makerere University Agricultural Institute Kabonyolo (MUARIK), Uganda, have...
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