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Shrimp industry makes advancements in battle against Early Mortality Syndrome

Last month researchers at the University of Arizona had breakthrough in the mystery of the Early Mortality Syndrome, a disease which has resulted in massive losses in shrimp farming. A specific blend of 1-monoglycerides has been developed to fight both the viral and bacterial causative agents. Recently, the team successfully produced the first EMS-free cycle on an EMS-infected farms.

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De Heus launches phase two of Vietnam aqua feed factory

De Heus is opening the US$8 million expansion of its aqua feed factory in Vinh Long, Vietnam, which will increase the factory's capacity from 30,000 tons a year to 100,000 tons a year and help strengthen the company's position in the aqua feed market. The upgrade will serve the growing aquaculture market in the Mekong Delta and produce feeds for pangasius, tilapia, snake head fish and fingerling, according to De Heus.

IFFO supports Europe ban on healthy fish discards

IFFO The Marine Ingredients Organisation has claimed its support for the European Parliament's vote to ban discards of healthy fish, saying that the raw materials can instead be used to supply the needs of the fishmeal and fish oil industries. "The supply of fishmeal and fish oil is not meeting current demand," said Andrew Mallison, director general of IFFO.

Soy-based fish feed helps promote sustainable marine fish aquaculture

Feed trial research results using soybeans in fish feed as an alternative to fishmeal and fish oil have attained a major goal for sustainable marine fish aquaculture — producing farmed marine fish with a wild fish in/farmed fish out ratio of less than 1:1 — according to the U.S. Soybean Export Council. The amount of fishmeal and fish oil from wild-caught sources used in farmed fish feed has been a concern for the long-term sustainability and scalability of aquaculture.

Wenger Manufacturing aquafeed extrusion system

Wenger Manufacturing

Wenger Manufacturing's aquafeed extrusion system is designed for high-capacity, small-diameter aquafeed production. The company says the extrusion system can increase production rates by three to five times for small-diameter aquafeeds, particularly shrimp feeds.

Animal Nutrition

Increasing protein in grain-based fish meal

Grain-based aquaculture diets, while good, have some clear disadvantages. However, some researchers think that separating compounds may be a way to get around those disadvantages.

Meriden Animal Health Phyconomix

Meriden Animal Health's Phyconomix is a ready-to-use range of products designed to fulfill the nutritional requirements of growing shrimp and fish larvae. The company says Phyconomix eliminates the need to produce algae within the aquaculture hatchery.

Aquaculture feed producer sponsors IFFO responsible supply standard

Aquaculture feed producer EWOS is sponsoring an Improvers’ Program extension to the International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation’s Global Standard for Responsible Supply. The Improvers' Program will assist fishmeal and fish oil factories that fall short of compliance with the existing responsible supply standard for fish stock management and/or food safety and traceability in their factories.

Fish feeds boost Nutreco earnings

Netherlands headquarters of international animal nutrition group Nutreco has reported revenues of €2.573 billion for the first half of 2011, up by 14.3% from the equivalent six months of 2010. Total earnings before exceptional items and amortization were 2.4% higher at €114.7 million, of which animal nutrition contributed €54.6 million (down by 11.2%) and fish feed gave €35.3 million (up by 71.4%).

Auburn University offers online aquaculture education

Auburn University’s Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures developed an online, multilingual training and certification program for working industry professionals. The program, Certification for Aquaculture Professionals, is a Web-based, educational curriculum that teaches the fundamentals of aquaculture and sustainable aquaculture production.

Nature Care Mfg. appointed distributor of Hamlet Protein products in Bangladesh

Hamlet Protein has appointed Nature Care Mfg. Ind. Ltd. as its new products distributor in the Bangladesh market. Hamlet asid it hopes that the new agreement will develop its efforts to increase its activity in the poultry and aqua feeds markets.

Delacon phytogenic shrimp feed additive

Delacon’s Enviro Plus phytogenic feed additive uses quillaja tree to improve performance parameters such as weight gain, feed conversion and survivability of shrimp.

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