FAO Committee on Fisheries to Meet in March
EU - After two years the Committee on Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will meet in Rome in the first week of Marc...

Media Feeding Frenzy Over UN Aquaculture Claims
EU - A new United Nations report has sparked outrage with its suggestion that fish farming should be dramatically increased to keep pace with growing fish consumption....

The EC Concept of Fish Sentience
EU - Following a request from the European Commission, the AHAW Panel was asked to deliver a Scientific Opinion on the animal welfare aspects of husbandry systems...

EU Lifecycle Study to Safeguard Farmed Salmon
EU - A major new study has just been launched which could help protect salmon and other farmed fish against a range of potentially deadly viral and bacterial...

OIE: Vet Education on the Move to Protect World
EU - Over 90 of the OIE's Member Countries, for the most part developing and in-transition countries in all regions of the world, have already invited the OIE to...

Research Project to Boost European Fish Farming
EU - European fish farms are to be globally competitive and produce the best fish in terms of ethics and quality. That is the aim of the Lifecycle research...

EU: Create Level Playing Field for Welfare at Slaughter
EU - A proposal that will ensure all animals across Europe are protected at the time of slaughter will be subject to comprehensive consultation, Farming Minister...

Euro approval for the World's largest animal health business
EUROPE - Schering-Plough Corporation has received European Commission approval for its planned acquisition of Organon BioSciences, from Akzo Nobel.