Economics of Aquaculture Feeding Practices in Selected Asian Countries
ITALY - Improved feed management strategy, including the use of optimal combinations of fertilizers, feed ingredients and manufactured feeds, could lower costs and optimize production of aquatic species.

Food Summit Calls Out for Food Investment
ROME, ITALY – The Summit on soaring food prices, convened by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has concluded with the adoption by acclamation of a declaration calling on the international community to increase assistance for developing countries,...

Blooming Marvellous - Algae Can be Controlled, say Scientists
ITALY - Soon to be published research could help address the problems associated with toxic algal blooms. The studies, due for publication in the International Journal of Environment and Health, offers insights into how such blooms could be controlle...

Consumers demand environmentally friendly fish
ROME - The US$400 billion seafood industry has no choice but to adapt to intensifying demand from retailers and consumers for "environmentally friendly" fish, FAO said today.

The next frontier in genetic research: under water
ITALY - Improved international policies are needed to conserve aquatic genetic resources and improve global food security, FAO stated today at the start of the biennial meeting of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA, 11-15...

UN says tighter controls on genetic resources will aid sustainability
ROME - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for better policies to conserve fish genetic resources and enhance global food security. Failing to do so will cause adverse environmental and social impacts, warns the FAO....

Fish feed scare highlights challenges of aquaculture boom
ITALY - The recent discovery that feed used on some US fish farms contained the toxin melamine highlights the challenges faced by the booming aquaculture sector.

UN Agency To Establish Guidelines To Certify Fish
ROME - Where did that shrimp scampi you're about to tuck into come from? Do you know? Was a sea turtle accidentally killed when the shrimp were netted? Were the shrimp grown in a pond where once a biodiverse mangrove swamp stood?